Migrant NHS nurses as ‘tolerated’ citizens in post-Brexit Britain

Spiliopoulos, Joy and Timmons, Stephen (2023) Migrant NHS nurses as ‘tolerated’ citizens in post-Brexit Britain. The Sociological Review, 71 (1). pp. 183-200. ISSN 0038-0261

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Abstract

With this article we present European Union (EU) and non-EU nurses’ lived experiences of feeling ‘unwelcomed’ and ‘unsettled’ in a heightened xenophobic environment, in the workplace and elsewhere, following the 2016 EU Referendum. Brexit has exposed long-standing structural inequalities which oppress and disempower the NHS migrant labour force. Migrant nurses, a highly mobile and skilled workforce, were feeling increasingly disenfranchised and insecure in their employment. Drawing on notions such as tolerated citizenship and the contested political boundaries of belonging, and taking a situated intersectionality approach, we examine everyday bordering practices in the UK where the cultivation of a hostile environment is becoming increasingly prevalent. We contribute to the debates on forms of othering in post-Brexit Britain and question the instrumentality of policy interventions, closely connected to the ‘dangerous politics of immigration control’, which have far-reaching implications for long-term settlement of migrant nurses and other healthcare migrant workers.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
The Sociological Review
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
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ID Code:
179838
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Deposited On:
08 Dec 2022 11:20
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Yes
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Published
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15 Jul 2024 23:18