By combining legal analysis with data obtained through a longitudinal and qualitative fieldwork, this article looks at the impact of time and temporality on migrants’ trajectories. We find that legal insecurity is experienced by the majority of migrants residing lawfully in Belgium as a result of temporal constraints. Indeed, we argue that enforced temporariness and the conditionality of migrants’ stay increase the risk of precariousness and irregularity irrespective of migrants’ nationality. The article also looks at the consequences of legal insecurity on individuals’ trajectories. Since legal stay may be subject to disruptions, migrants with temporary status share the feeling of living in a situation of liminal legality and liminal times. However, they can find ways to overcome these temporal constraints using coping strategies. Through a sociolegal analysis, this article sheds light on temporality as a normative constraint as well as an individual experience creating immobility.

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地位（Im）流动性和不规范的合法生产：对临时移民生活经历的社会法律分析

通过将法律分析与通过纵向和定性实地调查获得的数据相结合，本文着眼于时间和时间对移民轨迹的影响。我们发现，由于时间限制，大多数合法居住在比利时的移民都经历了法律上的不安全感。事实上，我们认为，无论移民的国籍如何，强制的临时性和移民逗留的条件都会增加不稳定和不规范的风险。文章还着眼于法律不安全对个人轨迹的影响。由于合法居留可能会受到干扰，具有临时身份的移民也有一种生活在合法性和时间限制的情况下的感觉。然而，他们可以通过应对策略找到克服这些时间限制的方法。