"This report integrates the reviewed literature on irregular migration and the working conditions of smuggled migrants with in-depth interviews with a group of Pakistanis working in London’s migrant economy. "e intent is to describe the speci!c forms of risk and “precarity” facing smuggled migrants in this particular context. "e report begins with a discussion of the methodology issues that ensued when dealing with a population reluctant to be identi- !ed. Despite the problems, 21 semi-structured interviews were carried out during the course of the study, although this number included several regular migrants as well as employers. "e inclusion of the latter two groups allowed for comparisons and different perspectives in the analysis. Findings from the study delineate both similarities and di#erences in the conditions endured by regular and irregular migrants. Both migrant groups experience long hours, poor working conditions and a certain amount of insecurity, but irregular migrants must adapt to ever-changing circumstances, given the instability of life in their enclave. Although both types of migrants experience similar di$culties, irregular migrants’ problems are exacerbated due to their status. For example, they need to pay o# smugglers who facilitated their journeys as well as escape notice of authorities empowered to deport them. "ese burdens are both psychological and material. In essence, they become “prisoners of monetized time”, which impedes the hope of upward mobility..."