The right to rights?: Undocumented migrants from Zimbabwe living in South Africa

Sociology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 233-250

  Bloch, Alice ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Employment; Human rights; Refugees; South Africa; Transnationalism; Undocumented migrants; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951638407     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038509357209     Document Type: Article

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