The multiple labour mobilities of North African migrant workers within and through Italy to Europe

This chapter focuses on transitions and mobilities in migration and on mobilities within labour mobility. The first section of the chapter examines the presence and working conditions of North African immigrants in Italy from a diachronic perspective, then it analyses the primary forms of mobility they have experienced. over time: these include intra- and inter-sectoral mobility, upward and downward labour mobility, geographical mobility between Southern and Northern Italy and vice versa, and labour and legal status transitions (from irregular to regular work and vice versa, from undocumented and under-documented migration to regular migration and vice versa). The second section of the chapter analyses a recent specific form of mobility affecting North African workers with residency in Italy: the posting of workers to the construction sector in other European countries. After examining posted work and the construction sector in Italy, it focuses on the pathways and working conditions of North African immigrants sent from Italy to Central and Northern European countries as posted workers.