Precarious lives : forced labour, exploitation and asylum / Hannah Lewis, Peter Dwyer, Stuart Hodkinson, Louise Waite.

9781447311676 (ebook) :

Bristol : Policy Press, 2015.

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This study presents the first evidence of forced labour among displaced migrants who seek refuge in the UK. Through a critical engagement with contemporary debates about precarity, unfreedom and socio-legal status, the book explores how asylum and forced labour are linked, and enmeshed in a broader picture of modern slavery produced through globalised working conditions. Drawing on original evidence generated in fieldwork with refugees and asylum seekers, it will contribute to ongoing academic and policy debates on the causes of, and solutions to, forced and exploitative labour in the UK.

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May 06, 2016

Includes bibliographical references and index.