November 28, 2025Law & PolicyOpen Access

Human Dignity on Trial: Welfare Judges, Immigration Politics and Social Change

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Ethnographic analysis reveals how judges uphold migrants' rights against inequality in welfare claims, suggesting complex politics at play.

Judicial proceedings can support irregular migrants in accessing social assistance despite state opposition.
Analysis drawn from ethnographic fieldwork in welfare hearings highlights judicial outcomes of cases.
Judges' decisions reveal intricate dynamics of law and policy in the governance of precarious migrants.
Findings indicate a nuanced role of legal institutions in potentially reducing inequalities for irregular migrants.

Sophie Andreetta (2025) studied this question.

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Ethnographic analysis reveals how judges uphold migrants' rights against inequality in welfare claims, suggesting complex politics at play.