01601nas a2200205   4500008004100000022001400041245012000055210006900175300001200244490000700256520085800263653002401121653002501145653002401170653001301194653001101207653002801218100002601246856012301272       2024                        eng d  a2300-168200a‘Many Benefit from You Being Undocumented Here’: The Everyday Capabilities of Undocumented Immigrants in Moscow0 aMany Benefit from You Being Undocumented Here The Everyday Capab  a211-2260 v133 a<p>This critical ethnographic study was conducted among 15 immigrants originally from Caucasian and Central Asian countries, each with more than 10 years of undocumented residence in Moscow. It focuses on the everyday experiences of undocumented immigrants in a non-Western context, illustrating how informal networks, alongside official migration policies, contribute to and exploit unequal capabilities. The study emphasises the thresholds of emotions, affiliation and control over a person&rsquo;s environment, demonstrating power asymmetries between individuals. Given the participants&rsquo; prolonged undocumented stay in Moscow, the findings demonstrate how the socio-legal context of an undocumented status facilitates informal exploitation alongside institutional operating models, aligning with migration policies in practice.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>10acapability approach10acritical ethnography10aimmigration control10ainformal10aMoscow10aundocumented immigrants1 aKalm-Akubardia, Maija  uhttps://ceemr.uw.edu.pl/content/many-benefit-you-being-undocumented-here-everyday-capabilities-undocumented-immigrants