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Undocumented Immigrants’ Access to Law & Practical Implications - A study on undocumented immigrants' access to labor rights in light of migrations regulations in Sweden

Mahmood, Lava LU (2022) HARN63 20221
Department of Business Law
Abstract
This paper studies the challenges of undocumented immigrant workers rights in Sweden and their access to labor rights with regards to migration regulations. It mainly aims to address three questions: 1) what are the available mechanisms, 2) how efficient are they, 3) what can be improved with respect to international frameworks that Sweden is signatory to. The findings of the paper demonstrate that undocumented immigrants indeed have a broad range of rights that can be used to protect them against workplace violations. However, because these rights cannot be invoked without invoking migration regulations, they are often left unexercised and thus ineffective. In legal terms, Sweden can improve in providing better access to social and public... (More)
This paper studies the challenges of undocumented immigrant workers rights in Sweden and their access to labor rights with regards to migration regulations. It mainly aims to address three questions: 1) what are the available mechanisms, 2) how efficient are they, 3) what can be improved with respect to international frameworks that Sweden is signatory to. The findings of the paper demonstrate that undocumented immigrants indeed have a broad range of rights that can be used to protect them against workplace violations. However, because these rights cannot be invoked without invoking migration regulations, they are often left unexercised and thus ineffective. In legal terms, Sweden can improve in providing better access to social and public service, and remove the requirement of having a social security number to access services. In other terms, Sweden can develop and improve nonlegal mechanisms that enhance access to the justice system for undocumented immigrants. (Less)
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author
Mahmood, Lava LU
supervisor
organization
course
HARN63 20221
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
Undocumented Migrant Workers, Sweden Migration Law, Labor Law
language
English
id
9093546
date added to LUP
2022-06-28 10:35:18
date last changed
2022-06-28 13:14:19
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  abstract     = {{This paper studies the challenges of undocumented immigrant workers rights in Sweden and their access to labor rights with regards to migration regulations. It mainly aims to address three questions: 1) what are the available mechanisms, 2) how efficient are they, 3) what can be improved with respect to international frameworks that Sweden is signatory to. The findings of the paper demonstrate that undocumented immigrants indeed have a broad range of rights that can be used to protect them against workplace violations. However, because these rights cannot be invoked without invoking migration regulations, they are often left unexercised and thus ineffective. In legal terms, Sweden can improve in providing better access to social and public service, and remove the requirement of having a social security number to access services. In other terms, Sweden can develop and improve nonlegal mechanisms that enhance access to the justice system for undocumented immigrants.}},
  author       = {{Mahmood, Lava}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Undocumented Immigrants’ Access to Law & Practical Implications - A study on undocumented immigrants' access to labor rights in light of migrations regulations in Sweden}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}