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The Wages of Fear: Risk, Safety and Undocumented Work

Jonathan Burnett, David Whyte, Jon Burnett Orcid Logo

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This report presents a study of precarious working conditions experienced by undocumented workers in the north of England. It begins by exploring the importance of notions of labour market flexibility and flexicurity in government and trans-national government policy making. It argues that the explo...

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Published: Leeds Positive Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers (PAFRAS) and the University of Liverpool 2010
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