Moch (1992) analyses three centuries of migration and distinguishes four crucial periods.
The periods comprise pre-industrial Europe c. 1650-1750, the early industrial age c. 1750 …

In most EU countries and the United States, immigration detention is defined as an
administrative, non-punitive measure to facilitate expulsion. This paper argues that …

In the past decade the Dutch state and the European Union have initiated a number of
measures to make the strategies of irregular immigrants more visible in order to exclude …

This open access book provides an alternative theoretical framework of irregular migration
that allows to overcome many of the contradictions and theoretical impasses displayed by …

Because borders alone cannot stop irregular migration, the European Union is turning more
and more to internal control measures. Through surveillance, member states aim to exclude …

In'Irregular Migrants in Belgium and the Netherlands', Masja van Meeteren studies the
different ways in which irregular migrants live in Belgium and the Netherlands. The book …

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, De Swaan, a historical sociologist, speculated that
heightened global interconnectedness, and the resulting increased potential for …

Governments at various levels of administration increasingly try to exclude unauthorised
migrants from labour markets and public provisions, and apprehend and deport …

Governments are increasingly developing policies to apprehend and deport unauthorized
migrants. Compared to the United States, the legal and administrative framework in Western …

Both the number of crime suspects without legal status and the number of irregular or
undocumented immigrants held in detention facilities increased substantially in the …