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“不诉诸公共资金”（NRPF）规则的约束，由于英国退欧，国籍和边界法案，移民限制正在迅速扩大。 NRPF影响了无证件移民和大多数移民使用时间限制的居留权，禁止获得主流福利福利，社会住房和其他支持，包括免费的学校餐。关于NRPF的现有研究很少，它表明，它通常会陷入贫困，特别是多年来，尤其是来自英国以前殖民地（例如尼日利亚和牙买加）的母亲和儿童，他们已经经历了社会经济的劣势。许多受NRPF影响的母亲由于其迁移状态或无法获得育儿而被禁止工作。根据1989年《儿童法》，唯一的潜在国家支持来自现金短缺的地方当局，实际上，这是最低限度且难以获取的，因此家庭通常无家可归，容易受到剥削和虐待的影响。诸如儿童社会之类的慈善机构指出，如果没有父母的孩子来到英国，他们无人陪伴的年轻人就会面临类似的问题，如果他们在18岁之前无法正规化其迁移状态，那时他们会受到NRPF的影响。这个及时的项目问：在这种情况下，家庭和无人陪伴的年轻人如何生存？ NRPF如何影响他们随着时间的流逝和维持生活的方式？在这种情况下，关于孩子是谁和应该是谁的想法（例如，需要“保护”的孩子）与受NRPF影响的不同儿童群体的日常生活之间有什么关系？对历史和当前政策的分析如何有助于解释NRPF的目的，持久性和扩展？而且，如何提前了解NRPF如何塑造当今的经验以告知正在进行的政策辩论？当家庭寻求慈善机构或地方政府的支持时，对NRPF的先前研究重点是危机的高峰时刻。但是，NRPF必须每天进行导航，其影响可能深刻而持久。 Shadows项目将在长时间内探索NRPF的日常影响来做出新的贡献。我们以前的研究表明，如何将孩子视为需要护理和保护的方式以及移民儿童的日常生活之间存在差异。例如，受NRPF影响的儿童谈到了跳过的饭菜，在手机上做作业以及住宿不足，尽管根据1989年《儿童法》获得了支持。我们的发现表明，即使孩子们感到和理解他们的日常生活有多不稳定，因为在他们的迁移状态下，很少有人问他们的经历。为此，我们的研究将涉及NRPF的父母和两组受NRPF影响的年轻研究参与者 - 无人陪伴的年轻人以及与父母同住的人。这是一种原始的方法，特别是作为研究，政策和实践通常将这些群体视为独立的方法。我们将进行长期的现场工作和访谈，并使用诸如摄影之类的创意方法。除此之外，我们还将研究NRPF周围的过去和现在政策论述，从而有知识以及为什么NRPF继续扩展，尽管他们了解了其有害的影响。肯特难民行动网络，项目17和伦敦南部难民协会 - 以及我们的一些参与者，我们将通过在线，印刷和基于艺术的材料中共同分析和传播有关NRPF长期影响的强大证据。这样一来，我们将增强实践，制定政策，并告知有关移民获得福利支持的公众辩论。

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