Struggling for Rights: African Women and the 'Sanspapiers' Movement in France

Autor: Cathie Lloyd
Jazyk: English<br />French
Rok vydání: 1997
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Zdroj: Refuge, Vol 16, Iss 4 (1997)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1920-7336
0229-5113
DOI: 10.25071/1920-7336.21933
Popis: This article considers the political impact of recent migration of women from West Africa to France in the context of draconian controls (the Pasqua Laws). It outlines the main characteristics of both the migration and the legislation, and analyses the principal features of the eighteen month dispute for the legalization of undocumented workers which has become known as the "lutte des sanspapiers."
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