PUBLICATIONS
Sector Reports
Agrifood
Kamil Matuszczyk
University of Warsaw
This report sheds light on the understudied yet vital topic in Poland, due to its scale and significance, of
working and living conditions experienced by migrants employed in seasonal fruit and vegetable harvesting.
Paula Merikoski, Lena Näre
University of Helsinki
This report is based on an ethnographic study focused on the experiences of migrant workers in agricultural food production in Finland. The purpose of our study was to examine how an irregular, precarious and/or temporary migration status affects migrants’ working con...
Beatrice Bianca Salamena
Catholic University of Applied Sciences in Mainz
This report presents the overview of the key findings on the working conditions of migrant seasonal workers in the agricultural sector in
Germany. It provides the contextual analysis of migrant labour within this sector, highlighting the challenges
and dynamics faced by...
Carework and cleaning
Paula Merikoski, Lena Näre
University of Helsinki
This report discusses the experiences of migrant workers in Finland’s domestic work sector, focusing on how
precarious migration status affects working conditions and everyday life. The study, part of the I-CLAIM
research project, draws on interviews with workers and ...
Sabrina Marchetti and Iuliia Lashchuk
Ca’Foscari University
This report investigates the intersection of irregular migration, gender, and labour exploitation among women from the so-called former Eastern Bloc employed in Italy’s omestic and care sector. Drawing on indepth interviews with women from countries such as Ukraine, ...
Ilse van Liempt & Minke Hajer
Utrecht University
Domestic work is a sector that offers employment to many irregular migrants in the Netherlands. As migrants cannot legally work without a residence permit, their options are mostly limited to sectors such as cleaning, construction, or delivery.
Nando Sigona, Stefano Piemontese, Sara Soares Mendes and Aké Achi
University of Birmingham
This report explores how immigration status, labour market structures, and housing arrangements intersect to produce forms of irregularity and exploitation in the domestic work sector. It draws on twenty in-depth qualitative interviews with migrant domestic workers – ...
Logistics and delivery
Kamil Matuszczyk
University of Warsaw
The report presents the results of the qualitative analysis of the lived experiences of migrant workers in the delivery sector in Poland.
Beatrice Bianca Salamena
Catholic University of Applied Sciences in Mainz
The present report offers a synopsis of the principal findings of WP5 within the broader I-CLAIM Project, with
a particular focus on the working conditions of migrants in the food delivery sector in Berlin. It provides a
contextual analysis of the platform economy in th...
Ilse van Liempt & Minke Hajer
Utrecht University
This research with food delivery workers with an irregular status in the Netherlands underscores the paradox of platform-based labour. While the job offers flexibility, immediate income and is an important part of the arrival infrastructure for newcomers who are looking...
Nando Sigona, Stefano Piemontese, Sara Soares Mendes and Aké Achi
University of Birmingham
This report investigates the experiences of migrant workers with precarious immigration status in the UK food delivery sector. It draws on in-depth qualitative interviews with twelve migrant riders and twelve stakeholders, alongside extensive ethnographic observations c...