Migrant Homelessness and the Crimmigration Control System

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Migrant Homelessness and the Crimmigration Control System offers new insights into the drivers of homelessness following migration by unpacking the housing consequences of ‘crimmigration’ control systems in the US and the UK. The book advances ‘housing sacrifice’ as a concept to understand journeys in and out of homelessness and the coping strategies migrants employ. Undergirded by persuasive empirical research, it offers a compelling case for a ‘social citizenship’ right to housing guaranteed across social, political and civil realms of society. The book is structured around the 30 life stories of people who have migrated to the capital cities of Boston and Edinburgh from Central America and Eastern Europe. The narratives are complemented by interviews with a range of stakeholders (including frontline caseworkers, activists and policymakers). Guided by the tenets of critical realist theory, this book offers a biographical inquiry into the intersections of race, class and gender and provides insight into the everyday precarity homeless migrants face, by listening to them directly. It will be of interest to students, scholars, and policymakers across a range of fields including housing, immigration, criminology, sociology, and human geography. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents Tables Acknowledgements 1. Introduction Methodology Structure of the book References 2. Using Critical Realism to Understand Migrant Homelessness and Crimmigration Control Introduction The application of critical realism Explanations of homelessness The construction of migrant homelessness Individualist accounts of migrant homelessness Structural explanations of migrant homelessness Migrant homelessness and the emerging crimmigration control system Conclusion References 3. Three Drivers of Migration—Survival, Freedom and Opportunity Introduction Theorising mobility Survival Freedom Opportunity Conclusion References 4. Service Provision in a 'Hostile Environment' Introduction Comparing housing and homelessness policies Immigration control in the U.S. and UK Resentment Avoidance Discretion Conclusion References 5. Exclusion and Housing Sacrifice Introduction Crimmigration, work and homelessness Exclusion from within Housing strategies dealing with crimmigration control Conclusion References 6. Conclusion: Crimmigration, Housing Sacrifice, Citizenship and the Right to Housing Introduction Housing sacrifice Social citizenship and the right to housing Conclusion References Postscript: The Magic of Crimmigration Index