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Profitable Bodies and Care Mobilitiesin Central and Eastern Europe

Publication |
2022

Abstract

We investigate these two interrelated care mobilities: migrant care workers from Central and Eastern European countries in Germany, and the tiny but emblematic phenomenon of the relocation of German senior citizens to care facilities in Visegrad countries. Both trends can be understood as being complicit in generating profit: extracting labor from "working" bodies (migrant labor) and "entitlements" from frail elderly bodies.