abstract: 'Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the cases of

  Bangladeshi, Filipina, Nigerian, Palestinian and Pakistani migrant

  workers and how the frame of their work and employment in precarious,

  low-status/low-wage jobs affects their perceptions and practices

  regarding health and access to healthcare services.

  Design/methodology/approach Using qualitative research methodology, the

  analysis via in-depth interviews focuses on male Bangladeshi, Nigerian,

  Pakistani and Palestinian unskilled manual and textile laborers as well

  as street vendors, and female Filipina live-in domestic workers.

  Findings Migrants are entrapped in a context of isolative and

  exploitative working conditions, i.e., in unskilled labor, textile work,

  street-vending, personal services, care and domestic work, which lead

  them to adopt a self-perception in which healthcare and social

  protection are not a priority.

  Social implications Throughout the paper it has become clear that these

  precarious low-status/low-wage jobs have an important underside effect

  on migrants'' lives, intensifying labor and health instability and

  exposing migrants to employment-generating activities that do not

  guarantee health safety. In Greek society, the impact of migration on

  public health is characterized by many as a time bomb ready to explode,

  especially in urban centers. Meanwhile, the economy and particularly the

  informal sector of the labor market is benefiting from migrant workers.

  More research is needed as this mode of exploitative labor and

  precarious employment needs to be adequately addressed to mitigate

  barriers in the access of labor and healthcare rights.

  Originality/value Via its contribution to the sociology of migration

  with particular emphasis on labor healthcare, the paper provides

  evidence that due to their concentration in precarious,

  low-status/low-wage jobs migrant workers have very limited access to

  healthcare services. The removal of inequalities and discrimination

  against migrant workers in accessing healthcare services and medical

  care is a challenge for South European Union countries and particularly

  for Greece. However, in spite of this, there is no uniform policy in the

  management of migrants with respect to their access to health services.

  The paper will aid debates between policy makers and academics working

  on migration and inequalities due to the division of labor and health

  disparities, will contribute to the understanding of the perils attached

  to precarious, low-status/low-wage jobs and in addressing health

  inequalities effectively.'
affiliation: 'Fouskas, T (Corresponding Author), Technol Educ Inst TEI Athens, Dept
  Social Work, Athens, Greece.

  Fouskas, T (Corresponding Author), Univ West Attica, Egaleo, Greece.

  Fouskas, Theodoros, Technol Educ Inst TEI Athens, Dept Social Work, Athens, Greece.

  Fouskas, Theodoros, Univ West Attica, Egaleo, Greece.'
author: Fouskas, Theodoros
author-email: theodoros.fouskas@gmail.com
author_list:
- family: Fouskas
  given: Theodoros
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1108/IJHRH-01-2018-0010
files: []
issn: 2056-4902
journal: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN HEALTH CARE
keywords: 'Greece; Healthcare; Access; Migrants; Refugees; Low-status work;

  Perceptions and practices; Precarious employment'
language: English
number: 4, SI
number-of-cited-references: '23'
orcid-numbers: Fouskas, Theodoros/0000-0003-0507-217X
pages: 298-311
papis_id: e6b557def20ada4cb15a996ac762b647
ref: Fouskas2018repercussionsprecari
researcherid-numbers: Fouskas, Theodoros/AAI-5588-2020
times-cited: '9'
title: Repercussions of precarious employment on migrants' perceptions of healthcare
  in Greece
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000442231900007
usage-count-last-180-days: '2'
usage-count-since-2013: '5'
volume: '11'
web-of-science-categories: Health Policy \& Services
year: '2018'