ABSTRACT
United Kingdom employment laws, migration policies and immigration laws condition the ongoing irregularisation of working conditions for low-waged workers, the most vulnerable of whom are migrants without secure immigration status. In order to address the political-legal configuration of migration and labour, this chapter illustrates the nexus of labour migration and precarious work as ecotechnical. Migration is a function of labour market demand, while labour market demand exceeds territorial boundaries because of migration. Migration discourses, fixated on the border and the nation-state, promote and foster processes of neoliberalisation. Migration discussions and policies often compartmentalise ‘migration’ as if it were a distinct experience that could be captured in isolation. Migration discourses, debates and analyses, both in academic and policy circles, struggle to encompass the complexities under the category of ‘migration’. The relationship between precarious labour and immigration involves a process whereby uncertainty is institutionalized.
