2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Overseas Care Workers and High Skilled Migrants on the Move : Examining the Point-Based System in the UK
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21530160
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
International relations
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| Research Institution | Kansai University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | トランスナショナル・イシュー / 国際移動 / グローバル化 / ガバナンス / ケア労働 / 高度技能 |
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| Research Abstract |
This research focuses on the point-based system which the UK government introduced in 2008 as a part of its attempts to modernize and streamline the British immigration system.
By looking at the way the point-based system was prepared and introduced against the background of a turbulent global economy and the new wave of EU enlargement EU in 2004/07, this research demonstrates that the new system simply legitimatized and even enhanced the sufferings of non-EU migrants. The UK point-based system nowadays works as a means to a priori legitimatize, if not create, harsh treatments for non-EU migrants. It is debatable on what grounds the point-based system could claim that it ensures a fair and objective judgment of their skills. As a result, this leads us to question the overall validity of the system.
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