To See and Not be Seen: Latin American Illegal Foreign Workers in Jerusalem

Roer‐Strier, Dorit; Olshtain‐Mann, Orly

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“…Consequently, the stakes juggled by migrant workers living with HIV/AIDS are higher than those faced by other migrant workers, as is their level of involvement with state, municipal, © 2007 The Author Journal Compilation © 2007 IOM and NGO policies and practices. Thus Marie makes a choice; she is aware of the rights she does and does not have, but she is also aware of her options and thus decides "to fight" and do whatever she can to survive.…”

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“…Since two of these sets of local actors judge this situation to be impractical and these policies to be immoral, they strive to circumvent them through their day-to-day practices. This atmosphere of non-policy thus leads to compromises that allow all of the © 2007 The Author Journal Compilation © 2007 IOM social actors engaged to seek out a "lesser of all evils". Nonetheless, it is a costly compromise that creates burdens on all sides and inflicts heavy costs on all of the systems involved.…”

Section: Concluding Remarks: On "Gray Areas" Survival and Moral Claritymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The endemic nature of AIDS in many migrants' countries of origin and the lack of access to health care services in both countries of origin and countries of destination expose mobile populations to health risks. About 192 million people live and work outside their countries of origin (IOM, 2007), and between two and 42 million people are on the move every year. This population includes people who were forced to leave their countries by hunger or war to become refugees and asylum seekers in other countries, as well as people migrating in search of work and improvement of life conditions (UNAIDS, 2001).…”

Section: Aids and Labour Migrationmentioning

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“…Initially, workers were recruited from Thailand, the Philippines, Romania, Turkey and China. In addition to a growing number of documented migrants, the last decade also witnessed the growth of communities of "illegal" migrant workers (ovdim zarim lo chukiim) both as a result of "illegal" entrance to Israel by migrants arriving as tourists via the "tourist loophole" (Willen, 2003), and the expiration of permits given to "legal" migrants (Bartram, 1998;Borowski and Yanay, 1997;Kemp and Raijman, 2003;Raijman et al, 2001;Roer-Strier and Olshtain-Mann, 1999;Rosenhak, 1999). During the time of my fieldwork, Israeli Statistical Bureau reports (2001) claimed that 240,000 migrant workers were living in Israel, of whom 100,000 were documented and 140,000 were undocumented.…”

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“…Marie came to Israel from West Africa 6 with her husband a few years before we met in 2002. Her husband stayed for a few months and left her, pregnant with their daughter, while he pursued the dream of finding a better place for them © 2007 The Author Journal Compilation © 2007 IOM in Europe and returning for her and the baby after a few months. Marie had a healthy pregnancy and received all of her prenatal checkups at a private clinic in East Jerusalem.…”

Section: Marie's Storymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Battling for Survival, Battling for Moral Clarity: “Illegality” and Illness in the Everyday Struggles of Undocumented HIV+ Women Migrant Workers in Tel Aviv

Rosenthal

2007

International Migration

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Undocumented migrant workers living with HIV/AIDS in Israel, like their counterparts elsewhere, are doubly abject due to their lack of legal status on one hand and their ill health on the other. Unlike Israeli citizens living with HIV/AIDS, who can access an array of state funded treatments and support services, undocumented migrant workers living with HIV/AIDS are marginalized both by the state's exclusive immigration regime and by its efforts to shake off responsibility for their health needs. At the same time, HIV treatment and care are generally unavailable in migrants' countries of origin. Despite the state's exclusionary orientation and in contradiction of official policies, certain forms of HIV treatment are available to undocumented migrants through the day‐to‐day efforts of a small array of activist Israeli NGOs, (state‐employed) doctors, and state officials. The tension between these simultaneous, oppositional processes of exclusion and inclusion generate a “gray area”— a zone of competing values, claims and interests‐ in which undocumented migrants living with HIV/AIDS and these other stakeholders search for new options and possibilities while continually taking pains to protect their own varied, and often competing, interests. Actors thus constantly bargain with laws, health policies, and one another in a collective battle not only over migrants' chances of survival, but also over the rationality and the morality underlying the state's “and their own” decisions and choices. Anchored within this complex, indeterminate zone, the present article draws upon ethnographic field research conducted among undocumented HIV+ migrant women in Tel Aviv to explore some of the stakes, mechanisms, and outcomes of these complicated, high stakes negotiation processes.

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Section: Marie's Storymentioning

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Section: Concluding Remarks: On "Gray Areas" Survival and Moral Claritymentioning

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Battling for Survival, Battling for Moral Clarity: “Illegality” and Illness in the Everyday Struggles of Undocumented HIV+ Women Migrant Workers in Tel Aviv

Rosenthal

2007

International Migration

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Status and Health Security: An Exploratory Study of Irregular Immigrants in Toronto

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Nerad

2007

Can J Public Health

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Background: This qualitative study explores experiences of living without regular immigration status and implications for health security among irregular migrants in Toronto. Irregular migrants include those who lack secure status in Canada, including visitors who overstay visas; refugee claimants awaiting status determination; and failed claimants remaining in the country without authorization, awaiting deportation or following alternative procedures when judicial appeal is impossible. Methods:In-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with irregular migrants recruited at a downtown community health centre. Interview transcripts were coded and analyzed using grounded theory and qualitative analytical techniques. The theoretical framework employed anthropological metaphors of liminality and examined psychosocial factors associated with stress.Findings: Experiences of the study sample counter popular assumptions about irregular immigrants. The majority of study participants came to Canada to escape violence as well as lack of economic opportunity in home countries in Latin America, and most have tried to follow correct immigration procedures. Most are parents working in low-paying, exploitative jobs. They have attempted to lead productive and meaningful lives, but lack social support beyond the immediate family. They showed signs of suffering from trauma, depression, chronic stress, family separation and stress-related physical illnesses. Despite expressing self-esteem and using personal coping skills effectively, many reported unmet health needs and described barriers to help-seeking. Beyond the individual, the greatest impact of living without status appeared to be on the family, especially the children. Conclusions:More comprehensive information about this growing population is needed for health promotion, provision of mental health services and fair policy formulation.MeSH terms: Immigration; legal status; community health care; mental health La traduction du résumé se trouve à la fin de l'article.

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The development of a “privileged underclass,” locating undocumented migrant women and their children in the political economy of Tel Aviv, Israel

Shapiro

2013

Dialect Anthropol

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To See and Not be Seen: Latin American Illegal Foreign Workers in Jerusalem

Cited by 11 publications

References 11 publications

Battling for Survival, Battling for Moral Clarity: “Illegality” and Illness in the Everyday Struggles of Undocumented HIV+ Women Migrant Workers in Tel Aviv

Battling for Survival, Battling for Moral Clarity: “Illegality” and Illness in the Everyday Struggles of Undocumented HIV+ Women Migrant Workers in Tel Aviv

Status and Health Security: An Exploratory Study of Irregular Immigrants in Toronto

The development of a “privileged underclass,” locating undocumented migrant women and their children in the political economy of Tel Aviv, Israel

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