ABSTRACT
The previous chapter demonstrated how and why most illegal migrants live in deprived urban neighbourhoods. This spatial concentration of illegal residence in specific urban environments leads to questions that have not been extensively dealt with in the literature on illegal immigration or in the literature on neighbourhood safety. Several studies have analysed how illegal migrants are incorporated into their countries of settlement (see for instance Mahler 1995; Engbersen 1996; Burgers 1998; Alt 1999; Ehrenreich 2002) and a handful of studies have focused on the criminal involvement of illegal migrants (Scalia 1996, 2002; McDonald 1997; Alt 1999, Engbersen & Van der Leun 2001; Zaitch 2002; Van Meeteren, Van San & Engbersen 2008), but no other study has ever explored the consequences of concentrated illegal residence for neighbourhood safety.
