On the books, the inclusiveness of the Italian framework regulating healthcare access for
migrants is indisputable. However, we might wonder how access takes shape on the front …

The paper provides ethnographic insight into the social construction of migrants by
examining the everyday working of the reception system in one of Italy's regions that is most …

Since multiple crises are currently affecting Europe, interest on changes in intra-EU mobility
patterns, policies and EU movers' strategies of integration has re-emerged in academic …

Public organisations are fundamental actors in migrant incorporation processes, as they are
in charge of assessing migrants' entitlement and providing access to welfare services. While …

This article analyses the role of professional social workers in managing immigrant clients'
needs in Italy, against a background of residual welfare provision, inconsistent immigrant …

Italy has been on the frontlines of the European Union's “migration crisis,” intercepting
hundreds of thousands of migrants and asylum-seekers at sea and on its shores. Yet it has …

This paper addresses the complex and ambivalent interplay between experiences of
irregular migration and asylum seeking in the Italian context. Drawing on ethnographic …

In this article, I track shifting paradigms of refugee management in Italy in times of austerity
and welfare state restructuring. Drawing on an ethnographic analysis of asylum-related …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of states' pandemic responses
to the conditions and vulnerabilities of undocumented Filipino migrants in Italy and the UK. It …

Whether motivated by humanitarianism or concern over" porous" borders, dominant
commentary on migration in Europe has consistently focused on clandestine border …