‘If you don't migrate, you're a nobody’: Migration recruitment networks and experiences of Nepalese farm workers in Portugal
| Autor: | Joana Daniel-Wrabetz, Cláudia Pereira, Sanjeev Dahal, Aashima Budal, Alexandra Pereira, João Carvalho, Rui Pena Pires, Renato Miguel do Carmo, Manuel João Ramos, Jacquelyn C. A. Meshelemiah |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Ciências Sociais::Sociologia [Domínio/Área Científica]
Sociology and Political Science Migration and agriculture media_common.quotation_subject Geography Planning and Development Immigration 0211 other engineering and technologies 0507 social and economic geography Vulnerability Context (language use) 02 engineering and technology Participant observation Development Undocumented migrants nobody Ciências Sociais::Ciências Políticas [Domínio/Área Científica] Nepalese Farm workers media_common Ciências Sociais::Antropologia [Domínio/Área Científica] Portugal 05 social sciences 021107 urban & regional planning Irregular migration Demographic economics Recruitment Business Networks 050703 geography |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Rural Studies. 88:500-509 |
| ISSN: | 0743-0167 |
| Popis: | This paper analyses the networks, experiences and aspirations of Nepalese workers in Southern Portugal's farms and greenhouses. The main research objective is to analyse how recruitment networks, which supported the move of Nepalese to Portugal, were established and have rapidly consolidated. These networks impacted not only the increase of irregular migration flows but also the migration experience and vulnerability in the country of destination, including the passive acceptance of a certain degree of exploitation. By highlighting the perspective of the migrants themselves, we examine the impact on their lives, both of the migration experience and of paying large sums to smugglers, usually obtained through indebtment, to enter Portugal. We relate this impact to a context of immigration where the existence of a large informal labour market facilitates these workers being hired as irregular migrants. The study employed secondary data, in-depth interviews and participant observation. As well as migrants, greenhouse owners and recruiters were also interviewed for the study. The main finding is that the disposition of Nepalese to migrate, in which the pressure of the family plays a key role, tends to be reinforced by the action of the networks of recruiting agents. Secondly, the costs of migration and labour exploitation tend to be accepted by the migrants as a way to fulfil their social aspirations and economic necessities. info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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