The LVV pilot project (2019-2022): a new governance of undocumented persons in the Netherlands

Journal title RIVISTA GEOGRAFICA ITALIANA
Author/s Silvia Aru
Publishing Year 2023 Issue 2023/2 Language Italian
Pages 19 P. 22-40 File size 0 KB
DOI 10.3280/rgioa2-2023oa15921
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This paper focuses on a new Dutch policy aimed at launching a national ‘reception’ system for undocumented people in major Dutch cities between 2019 and 2022. From a theoretical point of view, the contribution looks at critical migration studies, in particular, at the debate on irregularity and the national and urban migration policies. Based on empirical research carried out from 2019 to 2020, this work explores the Dutch system by highlighting its underlying logic and some contradictions inherent in the governance played out between different territorial levels. The case study allows us to rethink how policies addressed to ‘irregular’ people are produced, contracted and transformed within different scales of governance.

Keywords: ; migration policies, irregularities, ‘reception’ facilities, The Netherlands

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Silvia Aru, Il progetto pilota LVV (2019-2022): una nuova governance delle persone irregolari nei Paesi Bassi in "RIVISTA GEOGRAFICA ITALIANA" 2/2023, pp 22-40, DOI: 10.3280/rgioa2-2023oa15921