This article critically evaluates the Royal Decree-Law 16/2012, which regulates migrants'
access to public healthcare services in Spain. In particular, it examines the political rationale …

International migration of all kinds has grown significantly since the mid-twentieth century. It
has become an important element of globalization, with political, economic and social …

Examining which actors determine undocumented migrants' access to healthcare on the
ground, this volume looks at what happens in the daily interactions between administrative …

The article examines the constraints that irregular migrants' immigration status exerts on the
realisation of their basic social human rights. To this end, the article focuses on the right to …

Opponents [of rights for irregular migrants] assert... that states should not be obliged to
provide undocumented aliens anything more than minimal human rights protections …

This open access book provides an analysis of the functioning, consequences and inherent
limitations of internalised immigration control. By adopting the perspective of irregular …

Immigration control is increasingly being extended from external borders to the interior of the
state and society, and irregular residents in particular face policies that directly aim to …

This article explores the ways in which city policymakers in Europe frame the reasons for
provision of welfare services to migrants with irregular status. In the context of restrictive …

Claims for improving migrants' access to care often draw on universalistic ethical notions,
such as the principle of equity as it is specified in human rights law and public health ethics …

The article presents a case study of precarious noncitizen healthcare politics based on
participant observation and interviews conducted between 2009 and 2012, as well as on …