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Shadow Places: Patterns of Spatial Concentration and Incorporation of Irregular Immigrants in the Netherlands

Amsterdam Schoolfor Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam, Klovemiersburgwal 48, Amsterdam, 1012 CX, The Netherlands, a.s.leerkes{at}uva.nl

Godfried Engbersen

Faculty of Social Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands, engbersen{at}fsw.eur.nl

Marion van San

Rotterdam Institute for Social Policy Research (RISBO), Erasmus University Rotterdam, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands, vansan{at}risbo.eur.nl

In Western countries, irregular immigrants constitute a sizeable segment of the population. By combining quantitative and qualitative research methods, this article describes and explains irregular immigrants' patterns of spatial concentration and incorporation in the Netherlands. So far these spatial patterns have not been described and explained systematically, neither in the Netherlands nor elsewhere. The article shows that illegal residence is selectively embedded in the (urban) social structure in various ways. The authors argue that irregular immigrants are likely to be spatially concentrated and incorporated in similar ways in other Western countries; now and in the foreseeable future.

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