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Captive labour: asylum seekers, migrants and employment in UK immigration removal centres

Jon Burnett Orcid Logo, F. Chebe

Race & Class, Volume: 51, Issue: 4, Pages: 95 - 103

Swansea University Author: Jon Burnett Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1177/0306396810363051

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The steady growth in the use of immigration detention under the UK's New Labour government has been mirrored by the concurrent development of a new form of labour market within immigration removal centres (IRCs). This market has grown out of the long history of what some label as exploitative e...

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ISSN: 0306-3968 1741-3125
Published: 2010
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