Living in Fear: Rejected Asylum Seekers Living as Irregular Migrants in England

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1507-1525

  Bloch, Alice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asylum Seekers; Employment; Irregular Migrants; Social Networks; Survival Strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926259862     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: 14699451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2013.859070     Document Type: Article

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