Abstract
Firewalls separate rights provision for undocumented migrants from the border policing of migration authorities. In this article, we compare how firewalls have been negotiated during recent years in Sweden and the UK. Firewalls have been partly strengthened in the UK as a result of the ‘Windrush scandal’. Simultaneously, firewalls have been increasingly contested in Sweden after the 2015 ‘long summer of migration’ as a result of continuously more repressive migration policies. On the basis of this detailed comparison, we argue that firewalls are a useful conceptual lens to understand migrant struggles and the development of migration policies. Moreover, we suggest that firewalls can be a useful resource for social service providers using their discretion to resist repressive migration governing at different levels and scales and for organizing political work by and for people at risk of deportation.
DOI
10.1080/2156857x.2020.1862898
Publication Date
2021-04-03
Publication Title
Nordic Social Work Research
Volume
11
Issue
2
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
ISSN
2156-8588
Embargo Period
2024-11-19
First Page
183
Last Page
196
Recommended Citation
Jolly, A., & Lind, J. (2021) 'Firewalls as a resource for resistance: separating border policing from social service provision in Sweden and the UK', Nordic Social Work Research, 11(2), pp. 183-196. Informa UK Limited: Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/2156857x.2020.1862898
