CIRCUMVENTING THE STATE: Illegal Labour Migration from Ukraine as a Strategy within the Informal Economy
Friday, November 14, 2008 — 12:00PM - 2:00PM Room 3130, Sidney Smith Hall (100 St. George Street)
The event was moved to 12-2 pm at Room 3130, Sidney Smith Hall (100 St. George Street).
The presentation examines major trends of labour migration from contemporary Ukraine. It argues that labour migration from Eastern Europe receives insufficient attention in academic literature, which is dominated by accounts of emigration and human trafficking. I demonstrate how cotemporary labour migration from Ukraine to Southern Europe emerges from, and is sustained by, the interaction of the informal economies in the sending and receiving countries. The informal economy is instrumental in perpetuating migration, creating the access to the new labour market, and supporting the stay of migrants in the receiving society. This argument is demonstrated by studying the case of the Ukrainian labour migrants in Italy.
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