Citation

Bloch A. Sociology 2010; 44(2): 233-250.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, BSA Publications, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0038038509357209

PMID

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Abstract

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.