The Right to Rights

Undocumented Migrants from Zimbabwe Living in South Africa

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2322014
AutoresA Bloch (0000-0001-9757-8930, City, University of London, autor de correspondencia)
Año2010
Volumen44
Número2
Páginas233-250
Fecha de publicación2010-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0038-0385 • E-ISSN: 1469-8684
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0038038509357209
OpenAlexW2148056195
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas43
Referencias citadas17

This article examines the disjuncture between the theory of international refugee protection, human rights and citizenship rights and their practice. Drawing on data from a sub-sample of 500 Zimbabwean migrants taken from a larger survey of 1000 Zimbabweans in South Africa and the UK, it explores the labour market and transnational lives of undocumented migrants and compares them with migrants with other immigration statuses. The article demonstrates that while the protection and rights frameworks exist, in reality undocumented migrants cannot access protection and/or rights

Citizenship · Human rights · Immigration · International human rights law · Political science · Politics · Refugee · Social rights · Sociology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration