Memory, Language and Silence
Barriers to Refuge Within the British Asylum System
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5711105 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gillian Mcfadyen (Aberystwyth University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 168-184 |
| Publication date | 2019-04-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1556-2948 • E-ISSN: 1556-2956 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/15562948.2018.1429697 |
| OpenAlex | W2793489949 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 12 |
In the British refugee system, to be granted refugee status the asylum seeker must prove that he or she has a “well-founded fear” of persecution and is unable to seek protection from the necessary authorities within his or her country of origin. Accordingly, gaining refuge rests upon the telling of a story and having that story be believed. In this sense, language is central to the process of asylum. But it also becomes one of the central barriers to attaining refugee status. This article analyses various barriers to the articulation of a credible and coherent story in the British asylum, such as memory, trauma, and silence, and examines how these barriers can impact detrimentally upon the success of asylum seeker applications
Aesthetics · Art · Asylum seeker · Criminology · Persecution · Political science · Refugee · Silence · Sociology · Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees · Law · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 1,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |