@article{ref1,
title="'Surrounded with so much uncertainty': asylum seekers and manufactured precarity in Australia",
journal="Journal of ethnic and migration studies",
year="2019",
author="Kooy, John van and Bowman, Dina",
volume="45",
number="5",
pages="693-710",
abstract="In Australia, nearly 30,000 asylum seekers have the legal right to work, but their temporary and conditional migration status exposes them to work-related precarity. This article draws on a small qualitative study that examined asylum seekers' experiences of seeking work and achieving economic security. Over an 18-month period, 29 semi-structured interviews with asylum seekers who had work rights in Australia were conducted. It provides insights into how restrictive immigration policies manufacture precarity through short-term, conditional visas, resulting in employer risk aversion, segmentation into insecure work, and in-work instability and mistreatment. Asylum seekers manage their experiences and feelings of pervasive insecurity through individual coping and survival strategies.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1369-183X",
doi="10.1080/1369183X.2018.1427563",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2018.1427563"
}