TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - 'Surrounded with so much uncertainty': asylum seekers and manufactured precarity in Australia
JO  - Journal of ethnic and migration studies
A1  - Kooy, John van
A1  - Bowman, Dina
SP  - 693
EP  - 710
VL  - 45
IS  - 5
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1369-183X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2018.1427563
ID  - ref1
ER  -