ABSTRACT

This chapter is about migrant reception in a host society and the ways in which migrants generate different forms of income. It explores how migrants engage with different networks and use different sources of income to achieve inclusion within a host society. The chapter examines different sources of social income, including the interconnections between those sources; the role of the workplace; state and welfare benefits; third-sector support; and benefits from communities, families and neighbourhoods. The state provides different levels of support depending on the legal status of an individual. Many factors ultimately contribute to income, and so understanding the contribution of different resources involves going beyond the obvious site of the workplace. Family and community provide important sources for most people, and these networks may be more limited for migrants to new immigration destinations (NIDs). Workplace practices and individual interactions in everyday spaces can help to boost different forms of social income.