From ethnic cooperation to in-group competition: Undocumented Polish workers in Brussels

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 675-697

  Grzymała Kazłowska, Aleksandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Migrant networks; Migratory capital; Polish migrants in Belgium; Undocumented workers

Indexed keywords

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT; MIGRANT WORKER; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; BRUSSELS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 21944442104     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691830500109787     Document Type: Article

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