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SPECIAL WORKSHOP
Undocumented Migration in Cities of the Global South:
Implications for the Migration-Development Nexus
Thursday 30 June 2011, 9.30am-5.00pm
Room 2.027 (Boardroom)
Arthur Lewis Building
The University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester
Almost half of all migrants move within the Global South and a large share of these movements is made up of irregular migration. Many undocumented migrants live and work in cities in the Global South, where they are often seen as a threat by local populations.
This one day workshop, hosted by SED in collaboration with
the Migration, Social Change and Development Study Group of the Development Studies Association (UK and Ireland) and the Research Institute for Cosmopolitan Cultures (University of Manchester)will explore migrants’ everyday strategies, with a particular emphasis on their use of space, and analyse their implications for the migration-development nexus.
How does migration status influence migrants’ use of space? What strategies do migrants employ to negotiate undocumentedness in their everyday lives? What implications does this have for the migration-development nexus in terms of job opportunities and remittances; participation in public life; transnational affective ties and care arrangements?
Confirmed speakers include:
- Colin McFarlane (Durham University)
- Kavita Datta (Queen Mary, University of London)
- Loren Landau (African Centre for Migration and Society, Johannesburg)
- Nicola Piper (Arnold Bergstraesser Institute, at University of Freiburg)
- Nina Glick Schiller (RICC, Manchester)
- Tanja Bastia (IDPM, University of Manchester)
- Uma Kothari (IDPM, University of Manchester)
The workshop is free but there are limited places available. To register please send an email to Tanja.Bastia@Manchester.ac.uk.
Follow this link for a detailed programme of the workshop (PDF, 27KB).