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Disciplining the Transnational Mobility of People pp 162–184Cite as

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Disciplining Female Migration in Argentina

Human Rights in the Time of Migration Management

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In recent years, international labour migration and its highly gendered nature have received an unprecedented level of attention by international organizations (IOs) and national policymakers in general (GCIM, 2005; IOM, 2009a; UN, 2004; UNFPA, 2006). This renewed attention to international migration at the global level has highlighted demographic and labour market changes which have resulted in labour shortages in certain sectors or skilled professions in richer countries as well as the continuing failure of development projects and the (perceived or real) pressure to outsource labour in poorer countries. The kind of migration that is of interest to IOs and national policymakers migration is the selection of persons who can meet temporary labour demands in host countries.1 This approach is intolerant of unauthorized crossings by migrants, particularly given the hyper-securitized post-9/11 conditions. Thus, from the point of view of international and national policymakers (especially in destination countries), these “uncontrolled” types of migration are to be disciplined, that is, penalized, particularly when they involve smugglers or organized networks of traffickers.

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Basok, T., Piper, N., Simmons, V. (2013). Disciplining Female Migration in Argentina. In: Geiger, M., Pécoud, A. (eds) Disciplining the Transnational Mobility of People. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137263070_9

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