Abstract
Firewalls are clear divisions between border policing and the provision of basic social rights. They have a dual character: to ensure that no information collected with the purpose of safeguarding basic social rights should be shared for immigration control purposes; and that migrants should not be subject to immigration control when being present at, or in the vicinity, of religious, private and public institutions upholding and providing social rights. This article suggests a normative argument for ‘firewalls’ in the context of social work and develops the concept theoretically as a principle practised and negotiated at different scales.
DOI
10.1177/0020872820924454
Publication Date
2022-07-01
Publication Title
International Social Work
Volume
65
Issue
4
Publisher
SAGE Publications
ISSN
1461-7234
Embargo Period
2024-11-19
First Page
678
Last Page
692
Recommended Citation
Hermansson, L., Lundberg, A., Gruber, S., Jolly, A., & et al. (2022) 'Firewalls: A necessary tool to enable social rights for undocumented migrants in social work', International Social Work, 65(4), pp. 678-692. SAGE Publications: Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/0020872820924454
