Impossible children: illegality and excluded belonging among children of migrants in Sabah, East Malaysia
Impossible children: illegality and excluded belonging among children of migrants in Sabah, East Malaysia
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10.1080/1369183x.2017.1357464
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发表时间：
2018-01-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Allerton, Catherine
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作者：
Allerton, Catherine
这一条提出了处理移民背景下儿童非法行为的具体情况的理由。这不仅仅是因为儿童没有被列入以前的报告，而且还因为他们作为未成年人的地位使他们的公民身份和非法性与成年人不同。该分析是基于对东马来西亚沙巴州移民所生子女的研究。我认为，这样的孩子被配置为沙巴的不可能的孩子，这种配置影响他们的经验，以独特的方式非法和排斥。从很小的时候起，孩子们就意识到文件检查的“突袭”，作为移民，他们无法进入马来西亚的学校。然而，学习中心的非正式文件，以及年龄和偶然的情况，可能会给他们一个临时的，有限的合法性。最后，鉴于非正常移徙者在东道国既受到排斥，又被包容，文章描述了儿童的城市归属形式。这些形式的包容表明，儿童参与沙巴作为一个家，而不是他们的政治建设作为一个不可能的问题。
This article makes a case for attending to the specificities of child illegality in migrant contexts. This is not simply because children have been left out of previous accounts, but also because their status as minors makes both their citizenship and their illegality different to that of adults. The analysis is based on research with children born to migrants in the state of Sabah, East Malaysia. I argue that such children are configured as Sabah's impossible children, and that this configuration influences their experiences of illegality and exclusion in distinctive ways. From a young age, children are aware of document checking' raids and, as foreigners', are unable to attend Malaysian schools. However, informal documents from learning centres, as well as age and contingent circumstances, may give them a temporary, liminal' legality. Finally, given that irregular migrants experience both exclusion and inclusion in a host nation, the article describes children's urban forms of belonging. These forms of inclusion demonstrate children's engagement with Sabah as a home, as against their political construction as an impossible problem.