Improving the living and labour conditions of irregularised migrant households in Europe (I-CLAIM)

 

The project investigates the living and working conditions of irregularised migrant households in Europe from an intersectional perspective. It aims to reveal the spectrum of irregularity in contemporary Europe and cast light on the everyday experiences of migrants with irregular, unstable and/or precarious legal status.
I-CLAIM develops the concept of ‘irregularity assemblages’ to capture how migrants’ ‘irregular condition’ is produced by the interplay of immigration and asylum laws, policies and practice, wider labour market and welfare regimes, and political, media and public narratives. The irregular condition is shaped by migrants’ social position and positionality as well as by processes that occur at international, European, regional and local levels.
This approach will inform our theoretical understanding, methodology and analytical framework and how the consortium organises its work. Moreover, it enables us to design, assess and validate detailed policy options and public interventions targeted at place-specific, sectoral, and intersectional criticalities and vulnerabilities experienced by a range of people in irregular situations in Europe.
To achieve its overarching ambition, we will engage at all stages of the project cycle with relevant European, national, local and sectoral actors in six countries (Finland, Germany, Italy, The Netherland, Poland and the UK) through Country Stakeholder Groups (CSG) and a European Stakeholder Group (EISG). Moreover, we will organise a series of consultative and participatory initiatives to produce new knowledge, inform public and political debate, validate key research findings, and design policy recommendations.

I-CLAIM website

Duration

2023 - 2026

Source of funding

Horizon Europe

Partners

1 UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT Netherlands -Coordinator

2 THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM United Kingdom

3 CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN POLICY STUDIES Belgium

4 GEMEINNUTZIGE GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG VON WISSENSCHAFT UND BILDUNGMIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG Germany

5 HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO Finland

6 UNIVERSITA CA’ FOSCARI VENEZIA Italy

7 UNIWERSYTET WARSZAWSKI Poland

8 STOWARZYSZENIE INTERWENCJI PRAWNEJ Poland

9 CONFEDERATION EUROPEENNE DES SYNDICATS ADF Belgium

10 EUROPEAN NETWORK AGAINST RACISM Belgium

11 ACTIONAID INTERNATIONAL ITALIA ONLUS Italy

12 STICHTING FAIRWORK Netherlands

13 Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants United Kingdom

14 HELSINGIN DIAKONISSALAITOKSEN SAATIO SR Finland

15 Polish Expats Association United Kingdom

16 Verein zur Förderung des kirchlichen Engagements für vulnerable Migranten Germany