Refugee Women in Europe

Some Aspects of the Legal and Policy Dimensions

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9954560
AutoresA Bloch (0000-0001-9757-8930, Goldsmiths University of London, autor de correspondencia), Treasa Galvin (Trinity College Dublin), Barbara E Harrell-Bond (Makerere University), Barbara Harrell‐bond
Año2000
Volumen38
Número2
Páginas169-190
Fecha de publicación2000-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Migration (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0020-7985 • E-ISSN: 1468-2435
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1468-2435.00106
OpenAlexW2167567567
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas27
Referencias citadas4

This article presents an overview of the legal and policy issues affecting refugee and asylum‐seeking women in European host societies. First, it explores the unique types of persecution experienced by women and shows that the asylum determination process, along with the status of women relative to men, mitigates against the effective protection of women. The legal basis for asylum, the evidential requirements and the procedural norms all reduce the protection which is likely to be conferred upon asylum‐seeking women. Second, the article provides an overview of responses to female refugees and asylum‐seekers in European countries of asylum. Although there are differences between countries, there is also a large degree of uniformity. For example, there is a lack of recognition and understanding of the diversity and the range of experiences which refugees bring with them, including different social and cultural norms. Moreover, European policies do not provide special provisions to facilitate the settlement of refugee women and instead place barriers to their social and economic participation. Third, the article examines policies for family reunion in different countries and shows that such unfavourable and unsympathetic policies mitigate against the settlement of refugee women. Finally, the article argues that if refugee and asylum‐seeking women are to have their cases recognized and to be successfully settled, then there needs to be a complete rethink of legislation and policy in Europe

Asylum seeker · Business · Comprehensive Plan of Action · Immigration · Legislation · Persecution · Political science · Politics · Refugee · Settlement (finance · Social policy · Sociology · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration