Categorising anti-asylum Seeker Sentiment through a Regime of Securitisation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3948752 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R Sharples (0000-0002-3374-9961, Western Sydney University, corresponding author), Kevin M Dunn (0000-0002-9974-1217, Western Sydney University), Thierno M O Diallo (0000-0002-9874-4440, Western Sydney University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1535-1561 |
| Publication date | 2023-08-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geopolitics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1465-0045 • E-ISSN: 1557-3028 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14650045.2022.2075264 |
| OpenAlex | W4281560525 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 41 |
In this paper, we reveal three classes of asylum seeker sentiment in the Australian population. The first group are pro-asylum seekers who think Australians should help refugees, that government agencies should not be turning back boats carrying people seeking asylum, that immigration levels are low, and that current government policy is too tough. The second group are anti-asylum seekers who strongly disagree with helping refugees and people seeking asylum, and support a tough border policy. A third group are pro-government policy but largely sympathetic to refugees and people seeking asylum. We explain the demography and attitudes of these three groups using the theory on border securitisation. The securitisation actions and discourse position people seeking asylum as a threat. This has received widespread public endorsement. This is an empirical reflection of over two decades of influential Australian government discourse of antipathy towards refugees and asylum seekers. Successive Australian governments have tied those seeking asylum who arrive by boat with strict border enforcement policies that target people seeking asylum as a security threat to be repelled from the Australian mainland. This largely negative discourse has supported the merits of tough border controls. However, this discursive campaign has not entirely eradicated sympathy towards refugees and asylum seekers
Antipathy · Asylum seeker · Coalition government · Comprehensive Plan of Action · Criminology · Immigration · Persecution · Political science · Politics · Population · Refugee · Sociology · Sympathy · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |