De indeseables a ilegales: una aproximación a la irregularidad migratoria

Noelia González Cámara

doi:10.3989/arbor.2010.744n1225

Authors

Noelia González Cámara Instituto de Filosofía-CCHS (CSIC)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/arbor.2010.744n1225

Keywords:

Irregular migration, migration policies, United States, France, United Kingdom and Germany

Abstract

The hipothesis of this paper is that irregular migration is not the simple consequence of entering in the territory of a State without authorization, however it is produced through legal and political measures. Migrations considered unauthorized do not have an static reference, the reference has evolved depending on sociohistorical circunstances. The objective is to denaturalize the use of the term “irregular migration” in light of historians and sociologists’ understandings on the production of migrant irregularity. In order to achieve this aim I will engage in making some conceptual accuracies that clarify the different ways to designate this fenomenon and the realities it contains. Hence, it will be checked the way some flows have been identified as irregular in the United States, France, United Kingdom and Germany in the postwar period. Furthermore, an outline of its evolution will be made.

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