Social reproduction in the shadows: Making lives with 'no recourse to public funds' (Shadows)

阴影中的社会再生产：在“不求助于公共资金”的情况下创造生活（Shadows）

• 批准号: ES/X000265/1
• 负责人: Rachel Rosen
• 金额: $ 97.12万
• 依托单位: University College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FX000265%2F1
• 关键词: Social; reproduction; shadows; Making; lives

Around 2 million people in the UK are subject to the 'no recourse to public funds' (NRPF) rule, an immigration restriction being rapidly expanded as a result of Brexit and the Nationality and Borders Bill. NRPF, which affects undocumented migrants and most migrants with time-limited residency, prohibits access to mainstream welfare benefits, social housing, and other support including free school meals. The little existing research on NRPF has shown that it traps migrants in destitution, often for many years, particularly mothers and children from Britain's former colonies (e.g., Nigeria and Jamaica) who are already experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage. Many mothers affected by NRPF are not allowed to work because of their migration status or because they cannot access childcare. With the only potential state support coming from cash-strapped local authorities under the Children Act 1989, which in practice is minimal and difficult to access, families are often left homeless and vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. Charities such as The Children's Society point out that unaccompanied young people - who come to the UK as children without parents - face similar problems if they are unable to regularise their migration status before turning 18, at which point they become subject to NRPF. This timely project asks: how do families and unaccompanied young people with insecure migration status survive in these circumstances? How does NRPF impact the ways they make and sustain their lives over time? What is the relationship between ideas about who children are and should be in this context (e.g., children as requiring 'protection'), and the daily lives of different groups of children affected by NRPF? How can analysis of historical and current policy help to explain the purposes, persistence, and expansion of NRPF? And, how can this advance understanding of how NRPF shapes present-day experiences in order to inform ongoing policy debate? Previous research on NRPF has focused on peak moments of crisis when families seek support from charities or local government. Yet, NRPF has to be navigated daily and its impacts are potentially deep and enduring. The Shadows project will make a new contribution by exploring the everyday impacts of NRPF over an extended period. Our previous research suggests there is a discrepancy between how children are perceived as needing care and protection, and how everyday life actually unfolds for migrant children. For example, children affected by NRPF spoke of skipping meals, doing homework on mobile phones, and living in inadequate accommodation, despite receiving support under the Children Act 1989. Our findings show that even though children feel and understand how precarious their daily lives are because of their migration status, they are rarely asked about their experiences. In response to this, our research will involve parents with NRPF and two distinct groups of young research participants affected by NRPF - unaccompanied young people and those living with parents. This is an original approach, particularly as research, policy, and practice generally treat these groups as separate. We will conduct long-term fieldwork and interviews and use creative methods such as photography. Alongside this, we will examine past and present policy discourses around NRPF, generating knowledge about how and why NRPF continues to be expanded despite knowledge of its detrimental impacts.Working with civil society organisations supporting people with NRPF, including our Project Partners -Displaced Collective, Kent Refugee Action Network, Project 17, and South London Refugee Association - and some of our participants, we will collectively analyse and disseminate robust evidence about NRPF's long-term impacts through open-access online, print, and arts-based materials. In so doing, we will enhance practice, shape policy, and inform public debate about migrants' access to welfare support.

英国约有200万人受到“不得诉诸公共资金”（NRPF）规则的约束，这一移民限制因英国退欧和《国籍和边境法案》而迅速扩大。NRPF影响到无证移民和大多数居住时间有限的移民，禁止他们获得主流福利、社会住房和其他支持，包括免费校餐。关于NRPF的现有研究很少，表明它使移民陷入困境，往往长达多年，特别是来自英国前殖民地的母亲和儿童（例如，尼日利亚和牙买加），他们已经处于社会经济不利地位。许多受NRPF影响的母亲因其移民身份或无法获得儿童保育而不被允许工作。根据1989年《儿童法》，唯一可能的国家支助来自资金短缺的地方当局，而这种支助实际上很少，而且难以获得，因此家庭往往无家可归，容易受到剥削和虐待。儿童协会等慈善机构指出，无人陪伴的年轻人-作为没有父母的儿童来到英国-如果他们不能在18岁之前使他们的移民身份正规化，他们将面临类似的问题，届时他们将受到NRPF的约束。这个及时的项目提出了一个问题：家庭和举目无亲的年轻人如何在这种情况下生存？NRPF如何影响他们的生活方式，并随着时间的推移维持他们的生活？在这种情况下，关于孩子是谁和应该是谁的想法之间有什么关系（例如，儿童需要“保护”），以及受NRPF影响的不同儿童群体的日常生活？对历史和当前政策的分析如何有助于解释NRPF的目的、持续性和扩展？而且，这如何能促进对NRPF如何塑造当今经验的理解，以便为正在进行的政策辩论提供信息？以前对NRPF的研究集中在危机的高峰时刻，当家庭寻求慈善机构或当地政府的支持。然而，NRPF每天都必须导航，其影响可能是深刻和持久的。影子项目将通过探索NRPF在一段时间内的日常影响做出新的贡献。我们之前的研究表明，儿童被认为需要照顾和保护，与流动儿童的日常生活实际上是如何展开的，两者之间存在差异。例如，受NRPF影响的儿童说，他们不吃饭，用移动的电话做作业，尽管根据1989年《儿童法》得到支助，但居住条件不佳。我们的研究结果表明，尽管儿童感到并理解他们的日常生活因其移民身份而多么不稳定，但他们很少被问及他们的经历。针对这一点，我们的研究将涉及父母与NRPF和两个不同的群体的年轻研究参与者受NRPF -无人陪伴的年轻人和那些与父母住在一起。这是一种独创的方法，特别是在研究、政策和实践通常将这些群体分开对待的情况下。我们将进行长期的实地考察和采访，并使用摄影等创造性的方法。与此同时，我们将研究过去和现在围绕NRPF的政策论述，了解NRPF如何以及为什么在明知其有害影响的情况下继续扩大。与支持NRPF患者的民间社会组织合作，包括我们的项目合作伙伴-流离失所集体，肯特难民行动网络，项目17和南伦敦难民协会-以及我们的一些参与者，我们将通过开放获取的在线、印刷和艺术材料，共同分析和传播有关NRPF长期影响的有力证据。在此过程中，我们将加强实践，制定政策，并为有关移民获得福利支持的公开辩论提供信息。

项目成果

Una agenda común de investigación crítica sobre los niños en los mundos mayoritarios y minoritarios. El caso de los niños en los procesos migratorios. SESIÓN DE DEBATE

我们的议程是对世界市长和少数派的批评进行调查。

• DOI: 10.5209/soci.88662
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Sociedad e Infancias
• 作者: Gaitán L