Residential Bordering: The (Mis)use of Residence Status to Control Migrants' Welfare Rights in Italy and the UK

D'Angelo, Alessio; Gargiulo, Enrico

Abstract

This article examines how «residence» has been used as a mechanism to regulate welfare access in Italy and UK. The two countries have very different approaches to monitoring and registering local populations, but share a drive towards «differential inclusion» which has led to systemic paradoxes and has been characterised by discretionality and political frictions. This «residential bordering» of welfare rights has particularly targeted migrants and progressively extended to EU nationals and other vulnerable groups.

Citation

D'Angelo, A., & Gargiulo, E. (2021). Residential Bordering: The (Mis)use of Residence Status to Control Migrants' Welfare Rights in Italy and the UK. Autonomie locali e servizi sociali, 44(2/2021), 371-391. https://doi.org/10.1447/101460

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jun 9, 2021
• Online Publication Date: Aug 16, 2021
• Publication Date: Aug 16, 2021
• Deposit Date: Aug 19, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 17, 2023
• Journal: Autonomie locali e servizi sociali
• Print ISSN: 0392-2278
• Electronic ISSN: 2612-2472
• Publisher: Società Editrice il Mulino
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 44
• Issue: 2/2021
• Pages: 371-391
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1447/101460
• Keywords: Residence, Residential Bordering, Welfare Rights, Differential Inclusion, Migration
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/6058557
• Publisher URL: https://www.rivisteweb.it/doi/10.1447/101460
• Additional Information: The definitive version is available at https://www.rivisteweb.it/doi/10.1447/101460