The position and agency of the 'irregularized': Romani migrants as European semi-citizens

Sardelic, Julija ORCID: 0000-0002-2206-4369 (2017) The position and agency of the 'irregularized': Romani migrants as European semi-citizens. POLITICS, 37 (3). pp. 332-346.

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Abstract

<jats:p> This article discusses the position and agency of Romani migrants. It argues that different states often irregularize the status of Romani migrants even in cases where it should be regularized due to their de jure citizenship. This irregularization is possible because of their position as semi-citizens in their ‘states of origin’. Yet, Romani migrants are not mere passive observers of these practices, but react to their irregularized migrant statuses. In doing so, they redefine their national and European citizenships. This article centres around two case studies to analyse the position and agency of Romani migrants The first is Roma with European Union (EU) citizenship and the second is post-Yugoslav Roma without EU citizenship. </jats:p>

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	agency, European semi-citizens, irregularization, migration, Roma
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	15 Nov 2016 13:12
Last Modified:	19 Jan 2023 07:30
DOI:	10.1177/0263395716668537
Related URLs:	Author Publisher
URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3003335