eprintid: 10156874
rev_number: 19
eprint_status: archive
userid: 699
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datestamp: 2022-10-06 13:33:14
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type: article
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creators_name: Mantouvalou, Virginia
title: The UK Seasonal Worker Visa
ispublished: pub
divisions: C02
divisions: B03
divisions: UCL
keywords: labour law, immigration law, UK Seasonal Worker Visa, agriculture, exploitation
note: © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution and reproduction, provided the original article is properly cited.
abstract: This article discusses the United Kingdom (UK) 2019 Seasonal Worker Visa, which was adopted to address labour shortages in horticulture. It explains the challenges faced by workers in agriculture more broadly, and the particular issues raised by seasonal visas. It argues that the UK scheme contains significant restrictions on workers’ rights. The article situates this scheme in a framework of ‘state-mediated structures of injustice’, namely instances where legal rules with an appearance of legitimacy create or increase vulnerability and are connected to widespread structures of exploitation. This theoretical framework focuses on the role and responsibility of the state for workers’ exploitation. The authorities have political responsibility to change these rules, and may also have legal responsibility to do so under human rights law.
date: 2022-09
date_type: published
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1017/elo.2022.39
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1980946
doi: 10.1017/elo.2022.39
lyricists_name: Mantouvalou, Virginia
lyricists_id: VMANT91
actors_name: Mantouvalou, Virginia
actors_id: VMANT91
actors_role: owner
funding_acknowledgements: [British Academy]
full_text_status: public
publication: European Law Open
volume: 1
number: 3
pagerange: 711-719
citation:        Mantouvalou, Virginia;      (2022)    The UK Seasonal Worker Visa.                   European Law Open , 1  (3)   pp. 711-719.    10.1017/elo.2022.39 <https://doi.org/10.1017/elo.2022.39>.       Green open access   
 
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