Black et al

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Complexity of reasons for coming to the UK but include 1) safety, 2) existence of family members 3) human rights record.4) Economic opportunities1
illegal entry usually carried out by an agent.2
occupation usually within unskilled jobs especially in restaurants.3 lack of paperwork places constrain on type of work which can be done, and exposes migrants to exploitation, low pay and long hours.4 false documents means of better employment and higher pay.5
tendency to avoid or defer going to a doctor due to illegal status, preference for a pharmacist instead.6
High incidence of detention after raids at home or at work, or random checks by police in the street.7
“There was a common theme amongst respondents of the surprise of the raid, and the lack of time they were given to gather personal belongings, money and phone numbers. Respondents talked of how they werequickly arrested, taken to a police station and then moved to a detention centre that was often very far away from where they had lived, and where their friends and contacts were. It was clear that those who had been in the country for shorter periods of time, without good social networks, often lost everything in terms of
housing and possessions.”8
1R Black, M Collyer, R Skeldon & C Waddington, A Survey of the Illegally Resident Population in Detention in the UK, Home Office Online Report 20/05 available online at www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs05/r224.pdf [Accessed October 17 2008] 16–19.
2R Black, M Collyer, R Skeldon & C Waddington, A Survey of the Illegally Resident Population in Detention in the UK, Home Office Online Report 20/05 available online at www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs05/r224.pdf [Accessed October 17 2008] 20–22.
3R Black, M Collyer, R Skeldon & C Waddington, A Survey of the Illegally Resident Population in Detention in the UK, Home Office Online Report 20/05 available online at www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs05/r224.pdf [Accessed October 17 2008] 26.
4R Black, M Collyer, R Skeldon & C Waddington, A Survey of the Illegally Resident Population in Detention in the UK, Home Office Online Report 20/05 available online at www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs05/r224.pdf [Accessed October 17 2008] 26–28.
5R Black, M Collyer, R Skeldon & C Waddington, A Survey of the Illegally Resident Population in Detention in the UK, Home Office Online Report 20/05 available online at www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs05/r224.pdf [Accessed October 17 2008] 29.
6R Black, M Collyer, R Skeldon & C Waddington, A Survey of the Illegally Resident Population in Detention in the UK, Home Office Online Report 20/05 available online at www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs05/r224.pdf [Accessed October 17 2008] 39.
7R Black, M Collyer, R Skeldon & C Waddington, A Survey of the Illegally Resident Population in Detention in the UK, Home Office Online Report 20/05 available online at www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs05/r224.pdf [Accessed October 17 2008] 41–42.
8R Black, M Collyer, R Skeldon & C Waddington, A Survey of the Illegally Resident Population in Detention in the UK, Home Office Online Report 20/05 available online at www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs05/r224.pdf [Accessed October 17 2008] 43.