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The vulnerability of in-between statuses: ID and migration controls in the cases of the ‘Windrush generation’ scandal and Brexit
Sredanovic, Djordje
Sredanovic, Djordje
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2023-01-23
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In this article, I argue that identity documents (ID) and migration statuses are both tools of population control and subjectivities that individuals have an interest in holding. I use documentary analyses and interviews with 31 EU27 citizens in the UK, 21 UK citizens in Belgium and the UK and with nationality bureaucracies in the two countries. States create legitimate, illegitimate and in-between statuses, and in-between statuses show how being exempt from certain ID and migration controls can create paradoxical vulnerabilities. Windrush generation migrants in the UK were exempt from migration controls but then in some cases were treated as irregular migrants because of the lack of proof of status. EU citizens were free from many migration controls, but can have difficulties in naturalization and dealing with new requirements brought about by Brexit because the procedures can require proof of rights usually produced through the migration controls they were exempt from.
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Sredanovic, D. (2023). The vulnerability of in-between statuses: ID and migration controls in the cases of the ‘Windrush generation’ scandal and Brexit. Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power, 30(5), 625-643. https://doi.org/10.1080/1070289X.2023.2170607
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Taylor & Francis
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Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power
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10.1080/1070289X.2023.2170607
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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power on 23/01/2023, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/1070289X.2023.2170607
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1070-289X
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1547-3384