'Bad parents', deportable subjects: borders and deportability in the everyday lives of undocumented families in Belgium.
While research has addressed the multiplication of borders inside and across the nation-state and the threat of deportation in the lives of undocumented migrants, little analysis has been dedicated to the particularities of families' experiences. Based on participatory ethnographic research, this ar...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies Vol. 48; no. 7; pp. 1554 - 1573 |
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Apr2022
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