We need to talk about necessitous economic migrants: Disrupting ‘legitimacy’ in UK migration discourse
Critical Social Policy: A Journal of Theory and Practice in Social Welfare
Published online on November 03, 2025
Abstract
Critical Social Policy, Volume 46, Issue 2, Page 238-259, May 2026.
Discussions about 'economic migrants' within mainstream media and politics in the UK tend to operate within a morally troubling framing. One dominant view is that a great many asylum seekers are really 'economic migrants' seeking illegitimate access to ...
Discussions about 'economic migrants' within mainstream media and politics in the UK tend to operate within a morally troubling framing. One dominant view is that a great many asylum seekers are really 'economic migrants' seeking illegitimate access to ...