The Intersections between Migration and Disability: Narratives by EU Migrants to the UK, Disabled British People and Disabled EU Migrants

Eva A. Duda-Mikulin ()
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Eva A. Duda-Mikulin: Centre for Interdisciplinary Research into Health and Illness, University of Wrocław, 50-137 Wrocław, Poland

Social Sciences, 2024, vol. 13, issue 9, 1-17

Abstract: This article lies at the intersection of migration studies and disability studies and aims to contribute to redressing the considerable gap in knowledge regarding disabled voluntary migrants. These two areas, migration and disability, respectively, have rarely been considered together, a significant gap given the situation faced by disabled migrants and crosscutting issues confronting disabled people and migrants. Dynamics of exclusion are viewed as a shared experience of migrants, disabled people and disabled migrants. This paper is based on qualitative semi-structured interviews with voluntary EU migrants to the UK, disabled British people and disabled EU migrants, which are supplemented by key informant interviews. All were conducted in 2019 in the north of England. The findings highlight that when migration and disability are considered concurrently, barriers multiply and result in a nuanced disadvantage and experiences of social marginalisation. Migrant and disability experience translates into social vulnerability and is a contributing cause of exclusion in relation to social expectations and mainstream services. This paper concludes that there is an urgent need to change the narrative and perception that migrant and disabled people are less worthy of attention and bring their needs to the fore.

Keywords: migration; EU; disability; UK; exclusion; diversity; Brexit; stigma (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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