Abstract This article explores tensions between visibility and invisibility of irregularity in Sweden. It focuses on irregular migrants’ social rights and their self-representation. The analysis builds mainly on ethnographic material mapping migrants’ and activists’ experiences of seeking asylum, living in irregularity and/or getting involved in struggles for migrants’ rights in Sweden. Furthermore, material from news media and political debate on migration and asylum rights is used to contextualise the interview material. The analysis suggests that the lived experiences of irregularity are shaped not only between systematic invisibility and violent forms of visibility but also visibility in terms of increased self-representation and autonomy. Furthermore, the analysis shows a shift towards increased social rights for irregular migrants from mid-2000s to 2013 and the establishment of irregular migrants as a social category and as political actors in their own right. However, the article also points towards increased repression against this ‘new’ category.

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在瑞典的日常移民违规行为中努力解决代表性和可见性问题

摘要本文探讨了瑞典不规则现象的可见性和隐性之间的张力。它侧重于非正规移民的社会权利及其自我代表。该分析主要基于人种学材料，该材料描绘了移民和维权人士在瑞典寻求庇护，生活在不规则状态和/或参与争取移民权利的斗争中的经历。此外，新闻媒体和有关移民与庇护权的政治辩论中的材料被用于背景采访材料。分析表明，不规则的生活经历不仅在系统的隐形和暴力的可见性形式之间形成，而且在可见度增加的自我表现和自主性方面也受到影响。此外，分析显示，从2000年代中期到2013年，非正规移民的社会权利有所增加，并且将非正规移民确立为一种社会类别和自己的政治角色。但是，该文章还指出，对这种“新”类别的镇压有所增加。