Liza Schuster
Biographic Data
| ID | 172072 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Liza Schuster |
| GIVEN NAMES | Liza |
| FAMILY NAME | Schuster |
| SIGNATURE | SCHUSTER L |
| AFFILIATIONS | City, University of London |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2896-0575 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 652 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 13 |
Migration in Afghan women's poetry
This article reproduces examples of Afghan Landays and offers a commentary on their meanings. Landays are pithy, powerful two-line poems that speak of love, honour, war and separation. They are part of a long oral tradition in Pashtun culture, and are often composed by women. The largest group of Landays are written by women left behind in Afghanistan, and they include references to all stages of the migration experience, from departure, through …
Fatal flaws in the UK asylum decision-making system: An analysis of Home Office refusal letters
The process of deciding who is in need of international protection is well established most western liberal democracies, and has been subject to critical scrutiny for decades. And yet asylum seekers remain vulnerable to serious and ongoing flaws in that system. In this paper, based on research conducted in Afghanistan 2012–2018, Schuster explores a number of shortcomings in the asylum decision-making process, specifically with regard to the rejec…
Representations of exile in Afghan oral poetry and songs
In our examination of the representations of exile in Afghan popular culture, we focus in particular on popular poetry and song lyrics in Farsi, one of the national languages of Afghanistan. This article concentrates on the voices of exiles, their self-representation and their descriptions of life far from their homeland. We argue that, in addition to offering catharsis and expressing collective suffering, the verses are also used to urge return …
Deportation Stigma and Re-migration
Many, if not most, of those who are forcibly expelled from the country to which they have migrated will not settle in the country to which they have been returned but will leave again. A recent article examined some of the reasons why this should be so. It was argued that in addition to the factors that had caused the original migration, such as fear of persecution, continuing conflict, insecurity, poverty and lack of opportunity, deportation cre…
What happens post-deportation? The experience of deported Afghans
Deportation, understood as the physical removal of someone against their will from the territory of one state to that of another, has moved to the forefront of academic and policy agendas. Although there is a growing literature on legislation and policy, there is very little in-depth data on what happens post-deportation. In this article, we examine possible post-deportation outcomes. We argue that, whatever reasons existed for people to migrate …
Realizing One's Rights under the 1951 Convention 60 Years On: A Review of Practical Constraints on Accessing Protection in Europe
Sixty years after the signing of the Geneva Convention, not all refugees are able to access the protection promised, even in signatory States. In this article, the authors outline the different constraints preventing refugees from accessing asylum in one European Union Member State. These constraints are the difficulty asylum seekers have in entering Greek territory, their difficulties entering the Greek asylum system and finally, problems with t…
Dublin II and Eurodac: Examining the (un)intended(?) consequences
Although the numbers of asylum seekers in Europe is decreasing, the asylum policy of most European Union member states (EU MS) continues to be driven by a fear of a potential increase. As a result, EU MS refuse to address the growing numbers of people caught between Eurodac and Dublin II. These includes the many thousands who transit Greece and Spain, where in theory they should claim asylum, but where in reality they have little chance of being …
Turning refugees into ‘illegal migrants: Afghan asylum seekers in Europe
Each year refugees transit southern EU Member States (MS), where in theory they should claim asylum, but where in reality they have little chance of being able to make a claim, and almost no chance of having it examined properly, much less being actually granted asylum. This paper argues that the current EU regime turns some refugees into undocumented migrants – ‘illegal migrants’ in political and public discourse and shields EU MS from their int…
Kindness to Strangers
Historians, Tony Kushner points out at the beginning of Remembering Refugees, have given too little attention to refugees (with a few honourable exceptions). His important book moves into this gap. It is an antidote to prevailing myths, highlighting as it does the ambiguous relationship between Britons and refugees. It is also a significant contribution to a small but growing body of work revealing the centrality of refugees to statecraft – inclu…
Asylum policy under New Labour
This article examines New Labour policies on asylum with a focus on changes in welfare provision. The changes that have taken place have resulted in the exclusion of asylum seekers from ‘mainstream’ provision and have led to an increase in poverty and destitution among some asylum seekers
Detention of asylum seekers in the UK and USA: Deciphering noisy and quiet constructions
Moral panic theory continues to be applied to a range of phenomena, allowing sociologists to refine our understanding of negative societal reaction aimed at people who are easy to identify and easy to dislike. Whereas the prevailing notion of moral panic rests on its noisy features, there are constructions that occur under the public radar. In such instances, government officials quietly institute policies and practices that adversely affect a ta…
A Sledgehammer to Crack a Nut: Deportation, Detention and Dispersal in Europe
Since the increase in the numbers of asylum‐seekers arriving in Europe in the early 1990s, European countries of asylum have been implementing new and increased controls over entry and making conditions more difficult for asylum‐seekers while they are waiting for a decision on their case. This paper explores the ways in which four European asylum regimes use the deportation, detention and dispersal of asylum‐seekers in an attempt to control and e…
The Continuing Mobility of Migrants in Italy: Shifting between Places and Statuses
In this paper, which is based on fieldwork carried out in Italy in 2001-02, I consider migrants as mobile actors, people who make choices about where they go and under what title, but people whose choices are limited by a range of factors including migration regimes, social networks and social and economic capital. The key questions considered relate to ‘status’ mobility-how and why migrants move across categories such as documented/undocumented …
At the extremes of exclusion: Deportation, detention and dispersal
Deportation, detention and dispersal have formed an occasional part of Britain's migration regime throughout the twentieth century, though they tended to be used in response to particular events or "crises". By the end of the twentieth century, however, deportation, detention and, most recently, dispersal have become "normalized", "essential" instruments in the ongoing attempt to control or manage immigration to Britain. This article outlines the…
Race, Immigration and Asylum: New Labour’s Agenda and its Consequences
Les AA. se proposent d'analyser les politiques du New Labour concernant la race et la migration en Grande-Bretagne. Ils soutiennent que, meme s'il y a eu des glissements dans ces politiques - par exemple du multiculturalisme a la cohesion sociale, et vers la promotion d'une migration selective et un renforcement des attitudes envers les demandeurs d'asile -, ces glissements demeurent en concordance avec une croyance partagee collectivement apres …
Common sense or racism? The treatment of asylum-seekers in Europe
In her introductory essay to this special issue on refugees and xenophobia--in which the articles focus primarily on asylum-seekers,2 mostly in the United Kingdom, but also in France and Ireland--guest editor Liza Schuster draws on the work of the contributors and on her own research in Britain, France, Germany and Italy to address the treatment of asylum-seekers by European states. European liberal democracies share a common commitment to grant…
Asylum Seekers: Sangatte and the Tunnel
This article takes the crisis that erupted in summer 2001 around the accommodation centre at Sangatte in northern France as a textbook example of a British migration crisis with an added twist—the role of Eurotunnel. It begins with a brief description of the centre and its short history. The ‘crisis’ as it was construed by a number of different actors, and their relationship with the media are then outlined. These include Eurotunnel and the cross…
Whatever Happened to Asylum in Britain? A Tale of Two Walls
1London School of Economics Whatever Happened to Asylum in Britain? A Tale of Two Walls Louise Pirouet Berghahn Oxford 2001 ix + 212 £13.50 1 57181 468 X
Asylum and welfare: Contemporary debates
This article provides the context for the Special Issue. It outlines the differential eligibility for welfare rights experienced by people with varying citizenship statuses and notes the increasing exclusion and marginalization of asylum seekers in European countries of asylum. In this article, we also examine the robustness of the arguments that have been used to justify the curtailment of welfare in some European countries; namely, that welfare…
Rights and Wrongs across European Borders: Migrants, Minorities and Citizenship
Among the key issues in contemporary political debates across Europe are questions relating to migration, to the social and political rights of migrants and minorities and how these questions relate to new forms of citizenship in specific national contexts as well as across Europe as a whole. In this paper we want to explore the changing dynamics of debates about citizenship, migration, inclusion and exclusion in four European countries—Britain, …
Asylum and the Lessons of History
Dans cet article, l'A retrace les differentes politiques d'asile et de traitement des refugies en Europe. L'A part de l'Antiquite avec les cites grecques, l'empire romain, le developpement du christianisme et de la notion d'asile dans les eglises pour arriver a Machiavel et sa perception de l'asile territorial. Il est egalement question de l'impact de la revolution francaise sur la notion britannique de refugie politique, ainsi que des politiques…
Introduction: Citizenship, multiculturalism, identity
This introductory paper seeks to provide an overview of the key themes that run through the papers in this special issue. Taking their cue from some ongoing current debates about the meanings of citizenship, multiculturalism and identity in the contemporary environment, Schuster and Solomos begin by exploring some of the most significant ideas in current political and academic controversies about these issues. In doing so they touch upon some of …
Asylum, Refuge and Public Policy: Current Trends and Future Dilemmas
Britain is a signatory of the 1950 European Convention on Human Rightsand Fundamental Freedoms and the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. It is only in the last decade, however, with the passage of the 1993 Asylum and Immigration Appeal Act and the 1998 Human Rights Act, that these two Conventions have became part of British law. This paper begins by exploring the impact of the incorporation of the 1951 Convention and then moves …
A Comparative Analysis of the Asylum Policy of Seven European Governments
Why Do States Grant Asylum
Recent legislation introduced by European states to limit access to asylum is an attempt to reinforce the State's control of admission to its territory However, while certain of these states have effectively ceased to permit immigration, none have indicated that asylum should cease to be granted. This paper examines the reasons why States continue to grant asylum and suggests that there are certain conditions which are necessary for granting asyl…
At the extremes of exclusion: Deportation, detention and dispersal
Deportation, detention and dispersal have formed an occasional part of Britain's migration regime throughout the twentieth century, though they tended to be used in response to particular events or "crises". By the end of the twentieth century, however, deportation, detention and, most recently, dispersal have become "normalized", "essential" instruments in the ongoing attempt to control or manage immigration to Britain. This article outlines the…
The Continuing Mobility of Migrants in Italy: Shifting between Places and Statuses
In this paper, which is based on fieldwork carried out in Italy in 2001-02, I consider migrants as mobile actors, people who make choices about where they go and under what title, but people whose choices are limited by a range of factors including migration regimes, social networks and social and economic capital. The key questions considered relate to ‘status’ mobility-how and why migrants move across categories such as documented/undocumented …
Turning refugees into ‘illegal migrants: Afghan asylum seekers in Europe
Each year refugees transit southern EU Member States (MS), where in theory they should claim asylum, but where in reality they have little chance of being able to make a claim, and almost no chance of having it examined properly, much less being actually granted asylum. This paper argues that the current EU regime turns some refugees into undocumented migrants – ‘illegal migrants’ in political and public discourse and shields EU MS from their int…
What happens post-deportation? The experience of deported Afghans
Deportation, understood as the physical removal of someone against their will from the territory of one state to that of another, has moved to the forefront of academic and policy agendas. Although there is a growing literature on legislation and policy, there is very little in-depth data on what happens post-deportation. In this article, we examine possible post-deportation outcomes. We argue that, whatever reasons existed for people to migrate …
Deportation Stigma and Re-migration
Many, if not most, of those who are forcibly expelled from the country to which they have migrated will not settle in the country to which they have been returned but will leave again. A recent article examined some of the reasons why this should be so. It was argued that in addition to the factors that had caused the original migration, such as fear of persecution, continuing conflict, insecurity, poverty and lack of opportunity, deportation cre…
Race, Immigration and Asylum: New Labour’s Agenda and its Consequences
Les AA. se proposent d'analyser les politiques du New Labour concernant la race et la migration en Grande-Bretagne. Ils soutiennent que, meme s'il y a eu des glissements dans ces politiques - par exemple du multiculturalisme a la cohesion sociale, et vers la promotion d'une migration selective et un renforcement des attitudes envers les demandeurs d'asile -, ces glissements demeurent en concordance avec une croyance partagee collectivement apres …
Detention of asylum seekers in the UK and USA: Deciphering noisy and quiet constructions
Moral panic theory continues to be applied to a range of phenomena, allowing sociologists to refine our understanding of negative societal reaction aimed at people who are easy to identify and easy to dislike. Whereas the prevailing notion of moral panic rests on its noisy features, there are constructions that occur under the public radar. In such instances, government officials quietly institute policies and practices that adversely affect a ta…
Dublin II and Eurodac: Examining the (un)intended(?) consequences
Although the numbers of asylum seekers in Europe is decreasing, the asylum policy of most European Union member states (EU MS) continues to be driven by a fear of a potential increase. As a result, EU MS refuse to address the growing numbers of people caught between Eurodac and Dublin II. These includes the many thousands who transit Greece and Spain, where in theory they should claim asylum, but where in reality they have little chance of being …
Common sense or racism? The treatment of asylum-seekers in Europe
In her introductory essay to this special issue on refugees and xenophobia--in which the articles focus primarily on asylum-seekers,2 mostly in the United Kingdom, but also in France and Ireland--guest editor Liza Schuster draws on the work of the contributors and on her own research in Britain, France, Germany and Italy to address the treatment of asylum-seekers by European states. European liberal democracies share a common commitment to grant…
A Sledgehammer to Crack a Nut: Deportation, Detention and Dispersal in Europe
Since the increase in the numbers of asylum‐seekers arriving in Europe in the early 1990s, European countries of asylum have been implementing new and increased controls over entry and making conditions more difficult for asylum‐seekers while they are waiting for a decision on their case. This paper explores the ways in which four European asylum regimes use the deportation, detention and dispersal of asylum‐seekers in an attempt to control and e…
A Comparative Analysis of the Asylum Policy of Seven European Governments
Asylum Seekers: Sangatte and the Tunnel
This article takes the crisis that erupted in summer 2001 around the accommodation centre at Sangatte in northern France as a textbook example of a British migration crisis with an added twist—the role of Eurotunnel. It begins with a brief description of the centre and its short history. The ‘crisis’ as it was construed by a number of different actors, and their relationship with the media are then outlined. These include Eurotunnel and the cross…
Rights and Wrongs across European Borders: Migrants, Minorities and Citizenship
Among the key issues in contemporary political debates across Europe are questions relating to migration, to the social and political rights of migrants and minorities and how these questions relate to new forms of citizenship in specific national contexts as well as across Europe as a whole. In this paper we want to explore the changing dynamics of debates about citizenship, migration, inclusion and exclusion in four European countries—Britain, …
Fatal flaws in the UK asylum decision-making system: An analysis of Home Office refusal letters
The process of deciding who is in need of international protection is well established most western liberal democracies, and has been subject to critical scrutiny for decades. And yet asylum seekers remain vulnerable to serious and ongoing flaws in that system. In this paper, based on research conducted in Afghanistan 2012–2018, Schuster explores a number of shortcomings in the asylum decision-making process, specifically with regard to the rejec…
Asylum and the Lessons of History
Dans cet article, l'A retrace les differentes politiques d'asile et de traitement des refugies en Europe. L'A part de l'Antiquite avec les cites grecques, l'empire romain, le developpement du christianisme et de la notion d'asile dans les eglises pour arriver a Machiavel et sa perception de l'asile territorial. Il est egalement question de l'impact de la revolution francaise sur la notion britannique de refugie politique, ainsi que des politiques…
Introduction: Citizenship, multiculturalism, identity
This introductory paper seeks to provide an overview of the key themes that run through the papers in this special issue. Taking their cue from some ongoing current debates about the meanings of citizenship, multiculturalism and identity in the contemporary environment, Schuster and Solomos begin by exploring some of the most significant ideas in current political and academic controversies about these issues. In doing so they touch upon some of …
Whatever Happened to Asylum in Britain? A Tale of Two Walls
1London School of Economics Whatever Happened to Asylum in Britain? A Tale of Two Walls Louise Pirouet Berghahn Oxford 2001 ix + 212 £13.50 1 57181 468 X
Representations of exile in Afghan oral poetry and songs
In our examination of the representations of exile in Afghan popular culture, we focus in particular on popular poetry and song lyrics in Farsi, one of the national languages of Afghanistan. This article concentrates on the voices of exiles, their self-representation and their descriptions of life far from their homeland. We argue that, in addition to offering catharsis and expressing collective suffering, the verses are also used to urge return …
Asylum policy under New Labour
This article examines New Labour policies on asylum with a focus on changes in welfare provision. The changes that have taken place have resulted in the exclusion of asylum seekers from ‘mainstream’ provision and have led to an increase in poverty and destitution among some asylum seekers
Asylum and welfare: Contemporary debates
This article provides the context for the Special Issue. It outlines the differential eligibility for welfare rights experienced by people with varying citizenship statuses and notes the increasing exclusion and marginalization of asylum seekers in European countries of asylum. In this article, we also examine the robustness of the arguments that have been used to justify the curtailment of welfare in some European countries; namely, that welfare…
Asylum, Refuge and Public Policy: Current Trends and Future Dilemmas
Britain is a signatory of the 1950 European Convention on Human Rightsand Fundamental Freedoms and the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. It is only in the last decade, however, with the passage of the 1993 Asylum and Immigration Appeal Act and the 1998 Human Rights Act, that these two Conventions have became part of British law. This paper begins by exploring the impact of the incorporation of the 1951 Convention and then moves …
Why Do States Grant Asylum
Recent legislation introduced by European states to limit access to asylum is an attempt to reinforce the State's control of admission to its territory However, while certain of these states have effectively ceased to permit immigration, none have indicated that asylum should cease to be granted. This paper examines the reasons why States continue to grant asylum and suggests that there are certain conditions which are necessary for granting asyl…
Why Do States Grant Asylum
Recent legislation introduced by European states to limit access to asylum is an attempt to reinforce the State's control of admission to its territory However, while certain of these states have effectively ceased to permit immigration, none have indicated that asylum should cease to be granted. This paper examines the reasons why States continue to grant asylum and suggests that there are certain conditions which are necessary for granting asyl…
A Comparative Analysis of the Asylum Policy of Seven European Governments
Introduction: Citizenship, multiculturalism, identity
This introductory paper seeks to provide an overview of the key themes that run through the papers in this special issue. Taking their cue from some ongoing current debates about the meanings of citizenship, multiculturalism and identity in the contemporary environment, Schuster and Solomos begin by exploring some of the most significant ideas in current political and academic controversies about these issues. In doing so they touch upon some of …
Asylum, Refuge and Public Policy: Current Trends and Future Dilemmas
Britain is a signatory of the 1950 European Convention on Human Rightsand Fundamental Freedoms and the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. It is only in the last decade, however, with the passage of the 1993 Asylum and Immigration Appeal Act and the 1998 Human Rights Act, that these two Conventions have became part of British law. This paper begins by exploring the impact of the incorporation of the 1951 Convention and then moves …
Whatever Happened to Asylum in Britain? A Tale of Two Walls
1London School of Economics Whatever Happened to Asylum in Britain? A Tale of Two Walls Louise Pirouet Berghahn Oxford 2001 ix + 212 £13.50 1 57181 468 X
Asylum and welfare: Contemporary debates
This article provides the context for the Special Issue. It outlines the differential eligibility for welfare rights experienced by people with varying citizenship statuses and notes the increasing exclusion and marginalization of asylum seekers in European countries of asylum. In this article, we also examine the robustness of the arguments that have been used to justify the curtailment of welfare in some European countries; namely, that welfare…
Rights and Wrongs across European Borders: Migrants, Minorities and Citizenship
Among the key issues in contemporary political debates across Europe are questions relating to migration, to the social and political rights of migrants and minorities and how these questions relate to new forms of citizenship in specific national contexts as well as across Europe as a whole. In this paper we want to explore the changing dynamics of debates about citizenship, migration, inclusion and exclusion in four European countries—Britain, …
Asylum and the Lessons of History
Dans cet article, l'A retrace les differentes politiques d'asile et de traitement des refugies en Europe. L'A part de l'Antiquite avec les cites grecques, l'empire romain, le developpement du christianisme et de la notion d'asile dans les eglises pour arriver a Machiavel et sa perception de l'asile territorial. Il est egalement question de l'impact de la revolution francaise sur la notion britannique de refugie politique, ainsi que des politiques…
Common sense or racism? The treatment of asylum-seekers in Europe
In her introductory essay to this special issue on refugees and xenophobia--in which the articles focus primarily on asylum-seekers,2 mostly in the United Kingdom, but also in France and Ireland--guest editor Liza Schuster draws on the work of the contributors and on her own research in Britain, France, Germany and Italy to address the treatment of asylum-seekers by European states. European liberal democracies share a common commitment to grant…
Asylum Seekers: Sangatte and the Tunnel
This article takes the crisis that erupted in summer 2001 around the accommodation centre at Sangatte in northern France as a textbook example of a British migration crisis with an added twist—the role of Eurotunnel. It begins with a brief description of the centre and its short history. The ‘crisis’ as it was construed by a number of different actors, and their relationship with the media are then outlined. These include Eurotunnel and the cross…
Race, Immigration and Asylum: New Labour’s Agenda and its Consequences
Les AA. se proposent d'analyser les politiques du New Labour concernant la race et la migration en Grande-Bretagne. Ils soutiennent que, meme s'il y a eu des glissements dans ces politiques - par exemple du multiculturalisme a la cohesion sociale, et vers la promotion d'une migration selective et un renforcement des attitudes envers les demandeurs d'asile -, ces glissements demeurent en concordance avec une croyance partagee collectivement apres …
Asylum policy under New Labour
This article examines New Labour policies on asylum with a focus on changes in welfare provision. The changes that have taken place have resulted in the exclusion of asylum seekers from ‘mainstream’ provision and have led to an increase in poverty and destitution among some asylum seekers
Detention of asylum seekers in the UK and USA: Deciphering noisy and quiet constructions
Moral panic theory continues to be applied to a range of phenomena, allowing sociologists to refine our understanding of negative societal reaction aimed at people who are easy to identify and easy to dislike. Whereas the prevailing notion of moral panic rests on its noisy features, there are constructions that occur under the public radar. In such instances, government officials quietly institute policies and practices that adversely affect a ta…
A Sledgehammer to Crack a Nut: Deportation, Detention and Dispersal in Europe
Since the increase in the numbers of asylum‐seekers arriving in Europe in the early 1990s, European countries of asylum have been implementing new and increased controls over entry and making conditions more difficult for asylum‐seekers while they are waiting for a decision on their case. This paper explores the ways in which four European asylum regimes use the deportation, detention and dispersal of asylum‐seekers in an attempt to control and e…
The Continuing Mobility of Migrants in Italy: Shifting between Places and Statuses
In this paper, which is based on fieldwork carried out in Italy in 2001-02, I consider migrants as mobile actors, people who make choices about where they go and under what title, but people whose choices are limited by a range of factors including migration regimes, social networks and social and economic capital. The key questions considered relate to ‘status’ mobility-how and why migrants move across categories such as documented/undocumented …
At the extremes of exclusion: Deportation, detention and dispersal
Deportation, detention and dispersal have formed an occasional part of Britain's migration regime throughout the twentieth century, though they tended to be used in response to particular events or "crises". By the end of the twentieth century, however, deportation, detention and, most recently, dispersal have become "normalized", "essential" instruments in the ongoing attempt to control or manage immigration to Britain. This article outlines the…
Kindness to Strangers
Historians, Tony Kushner points out at the beginning of Remembering Refugees, have given too little attention to refugees (with a few honourable exceptions). His important book moves into this gap. It is an antidote to prevailing myths, highlighting as it does the ambiguous relationship between Britons and refugees. It is also a significant contribution to a small but growing body of work revealing the centrality of refugees to statecraft – inclu…
Dublin II and Eurodac: Examining the (un)intended(?) consequences
Although the numbers of asylum seekers in Europe is decreasing, the asylum policy of most European Union member states (EU MS) continues to be driven by a fear of a potential increase. As a result, EU MS refuse to address the growing numbers of people caught between Eurodac and Dublin II. These includes the many thousands who transit Greece and Spain, where in theory they should claim asylum, but where in reality they have little chance of being …
Turning refugees into ‘illegal migrants: Afghan asylum seekers in Europe
Each year refugees transit southern EU Member States (MS), where in theory they should claim asylum, but where in reality they have little chance of being able to make a claim, and almost no chance of having it examined properly, much less being actually granted asylum. This paper argues that the current EU regime turns some refugees into undocumented migrants – ‘illegal migrants’ in political and public discourse and shields EU MS from their int…
Realizing One's Rights under the 1951 Convention 60 Years On: A Review of Practical Constraints on Accessing Protection in Europe
Sixty years after the signing of the Geneva Convention, not all refugees are able to access the protection promised, even in signatory States. In this article, the authors outline the different constraints preventing refugees from accessing asylum in one European Union Member State. These constraints are the difficulty asylum seekers have in entering Greek territory, their difficulties entering the Greek asylum system and finally, problems with t…
What happens post-deportation? The experience of deported Afghans
Deportation, understood as the physical removal of someone against their will from the territory of one state to that of another, has moved to the forefront of academic and policy agendas. Although there is a growing literature on legislation and policy, there is very little in-depth data on what happens post-deportation. In this article, we examine possible post-deportation outcomes. We argue that, whatever reasons existed for people to migrate …
Deportation Stigma and Re-migration
Many, if not most, of those who are forcibly expelled from the country to which they have migrated will not settle in the country to which they have been returned but will leave again. A recent article examined some of the reasons why this should be so. It was argued that in addition to the factors that had caused the original migration, such as fear of persecution, continuing conflict, insecurity, poverty and lack of opportunity, deportation cre…
Representations of exile in Afghan oral poetry and songs
In our examination of the representations of exile in Afghan popular culture, we focus in particular on popular poetry and song lyrics in Farsi, one of the national languages of Afghanistan. This article concentrates on the voices of exiles, their self-representation and their descriptions of life far from their homeland. We argue that, in addition to offering catharsis and expressing collective suffering, the verses are also used to urge return …
Migration in Afghan women's poetry
This article reproduces examples of Afghan Landays and offers a commentary on their meanings. Landays are pithy, powerful two-line poems that speak of love, honour, war and separation. They are part of a long oral tradition in Pashtun culture, and are often composed by women. The largest group of Landays are written by women left behind in Afghanistan, and they include references to all stages of the migration experience, from departure, through …
Fatal flaws in the UK asylum decision-making system: An analysis of Home Office refusal letters
The process of deciding who is in need of international protection is well established most western liberal democracies, and has been subject to critical scrutiny for decades. And yet asylum seekers remain vulnerable to serious and ongoing flaws in that system. In this paper, based on research conducted in Afghanistan 2012–2018, Schuster explores a number of shortcomings in the asylum decision-making process, specifically with regard to the rejec…
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