Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Incorporation of Illegal Immigrants and ‘Internal Migration Control’
- 2 Loopholes in the Labour Market: Informal Employment
- 3 Crime as Alternative Option: Illicit Employment
- 4 Internal Surveillance in Practice: the Police
- 5 Close Encounters with the Welfare State: Limits of the Linking Act
- 6 Summary and Conclusions. Legal Limits to Incorporation, Social Limits to Internal Control
- Appendices
- Notes
- References
- Index of Names
4 - Interviews in other Sectors
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 January 2021
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Incorporation of Illegal Immigrants and ‘Internal Migration Control’
- 2 Loopholes in the Labour Market: Informal Employment
- 3 Crime as Alternative Option: Illicit Employment
- 4 Internal Surveillance in Practice: the Police
- 5 Close Encounters with the Welfare State: Limits of the Linking Act
- 6 Summary and Conclusions. Legal Limits to Incorporation, Social Limits to Internal Control
- Appendices
- Notes
- References
- Index of Names
Summary
All respondents noted in chapter 5 have been interviewed on a face-toface basis. Organisations in the relevant sectors in the four cities were selected by making use of the national telephone directory, local directories and personal contacts. Respondents were initially contacted by telephone, with the question whether they were willing to co-operate with research on the policy toward illegal immigrants in general and the Linking Act in particular. It was emphasised that they did not necessarily have to be aware of the contents of the legislation to be able to co-operate. Although the interviews focused on sensitive information such as informal practices, we did not encounter difficulties when we approached institutions and respondents. Neither did we have the impression that respondents were withholding relevant information. Only a few respondents refused to co-operate. The first round of interviews was held in 1996 and 1997 in three of the four cities, the second round in 1999 in all four cities. The first round was largely exploratory. The second round focused more systematically on the sectors housing, healthcare, education and social benefits. Part of the interviews in the first round and all interviews in the second round were recorded and typed out verbatim.
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- Looking for LoopholesProcesses of Incorporation of Illegal Immigrants in the Netherlands, pp. 190 - 192Publisher: Amsterdam University PressPrint publication year: 2003