L Cleton
Biographic Data
| ID | 54919 |
|---|---|
| NAME | L Cleton |
| GIVEN NAMES | L |
| FAMILY NAME | Cleton |
| SIGNATURE | CLETON L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Antwerp |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7746-3527 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 47 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Determinants of Enforced Return: A Quantitative Analysis of the Spectrum of (In)voluntariness Among Rejected Asylum Seekers in the Netherlands
In recent decades, scholars documented the rise of enforced return in the Global North and scrutinised the vast infrastructure, international diplomacy and in‐country measures that set out to boost these. One such way is by promoting so‐called ‘Assisted Voluntary Returns’: programs in which rejected asylum seekers allegedly have ample opportunity to decide on and effectuate return themselves. This article builds upon scholarly critiques of such p…
Intersectional migration research: Re‐centring governance structures
Within migration studies, the use of intersectionality as a theoretical, conceptual and analytical tool is increasingly gaining traction. Most of this research provides compelling empirical evidence demonstrating how migrants' intersecting social locations shape their experiences of migration and settlement (see also Clark-Kazak, 2024). These insights are important in understanding how social boundaries operate and the consequences they have for …
Contesting policy categories using intersectionality: Reflections for studying migration governance
This article presents a reflection on the analytical value of intersectionality for scholars who seek to critically interrogate migration governance in Europe – of which integration measures are an integral part. While there is a growing interest in using gender and feminist theory to investigate the policies and practices that sustain migration governance, there has been little dedicated reflection on the analytical significance of intersectiona…
Legitimising detention and deportation of illegalised migrant families: Reconstructing public controversies in Belgium and the Netherlands
In Belgium and the Netherlands, the detention and deportation of illegalised migrant families with underage children has recently caused public controversy, resulting in the eruption of anti-deportation protests. This controversy is rooted in the unresolved tension for liberal states to protect children’s rights on the one hand, while limiting ‘unwanted migration’ on the other. Previous literature documents protest reactions to efforts to deport …
Assessing Adequate Homes and Proper Parenthood: How Gendered and Racialized Family Norms Legitimize the Deportation of Unaccompanied Minors in Belgium and the Netherlands
This article analyzes the ways in which the Belgian and Dutch governments legitimize the deportation of unaccompanied minors, by focusing on the interplay of intersectional boundary work and bordering practices. Building on the work of postcolonial feminists and scholars studying the role of identity and cultural values in migration policy, the article highlights that deportation relies on and reifies gendered, racialized, and classed representat…
We have nothing to hide”: Legitimacy narratives, researcher positionality and the ethics of accessing the Dutch deportation apparatus
This article presents a reflection on the contentious access negotiations involved in researching the Dutch deportation apparatus. Previous studies described how hostility towards researchers and the opacity within migration control regimes more generally lead to difficulties for conducting academic research. This article instead relies on a self‐reflexive account of two successful access negotiations to question what acquiring access tells us ab…
The time politics of migrant deportability: An intersectional analysis of deportation policy for non-citizen children in Belgium and the Netherlands
This article examines the use of time as a technology of migration control for the deportation of non-citizen children in Belgium and the Netherlands. The scarce literature on the ‘time politics’ of migration enforcement shows that states are under increasing pressure to speed up deportations, especially for non-citizens convicted of criminal offences. However, as immigration is increasingly linked to social, political and economic categories of …
Our aim is to assist migrants in making a well-informed decision: How return counsellors in Austria and the Netherlands manage the aspirations of unwanted non-citizens
European governments widely celebrate and extensively fund 'assisted voluntary return' (AVR) programmes and assume that return counsellors play an important role for their implementation. At the same time, relevant legislation only vaguely defines this role and reduces it to a passive and neutral provision of 'objective information'. In this article, we therefore ask how much and what kind of agency individual counsellors exercise and how this af…
Our aim is to assist migrants in making a well-informed decision: How return counsellors in Austria and the Netherlands manage the aspirations of unwanted non-citizens
European governments widely celebrate and extensively fund 'assisted voluntary return' (AVR) programmes and assume that return counsellors play an important role for their implementation. At the same time, relevant legislation only vaguely defines this role and reduces it to a passive and neutral provision of 'objective information'. In this article, we therefore ask how much and what kind of agency individual counsellors exercise and how this af…
The time politics of migrant deportability: An intersectional analysis of deportation policy for non-citizen children in Belgium and the Netherlands
This article examines the use of time as a technology of migration control for the deportation of non-citizen children in Belgium and the Netherlands. The scarce literature on the ‘time politics’ of migration enforcement shows that states are under increasing pressure to speed up deportations, especially for non-citizens convicted of criminal offences. However, as immigration is increasingly linked to social, political and economic categories of …
Intersectional migration research: Re‐centring governance structures
Within migration studies, the use of intersectionality as a theoretical, conceptual and analytical tool is increasingly gaining traction. Most of this research provides compelling empirical evidence demonstrating how migrants' intersecting social locations shape their experiences of migration and settlement (see also Clark-Kazak, 2024). These insights are important in understanding how social boundaries operate and the consequences they have for …
Assessing Adequate Homes and Proper Parenthood: How Gendered and Racialized Family Norms Legitimize the Deportation of Unaccompanied Minors in Belgium and the Netherlands
This article analyzes the ways in which the Belgian and Dutch governments legitimize the deportation of unaccompanied minors, by focusing on the interplay of intersectional boundary work and bordering practices. Building on the work of postcolonial feminists and scholars studying the role of identity and cultural values in migration policy, the article highlights that deportation relies on and reifies gendered, racialized, and classed representat…
We have nothing to hide”: Legitimacy narratives, researcher positionality and the ethics of accessing the Dutch deportation apparatus
This article presents a reflection on the contentious access negotiations involved in researching the Dutch deportation apparatus. Previous studies described how hostility towards researchers and the opacity within migration control regimes more generally lead to difficulties for conducting academic research. This article instead relies on a self‐reflexive account of two successful access negotiations to question what acquiring access tells us ab…
Legitimising detention and deportation of illegalised migrant families: Reconstructing public controversies in Belgium and the Netherlands
In Belgium and the Netherlands, the detention and deportation of illegalised migrant families with underage children has recently caused public controversy, resulting in the eruption of anti-deportation protests. This controversy is rooted in the unresolved tension for liberal states to protect children’s rights on the one hand, while limiting ‘unwanted migration’ on the other. Previous literature documents protest reactions to efforts to deport …
Determinants of Enforced Return: A Quantitative Analysis of the Spectrum of (In)voluntariness Among Rejected Asylum Seekers in the Netherlands
In recent decades, scholars documented the rise of enforced return in the Global North and scrutinised the vast infrastructure, international diplomacy and in‐country measures that set out to boost these. One such way is by promoting so‐called ‘Assisted Voluntary Returns’: programs in which rejected asylum seekers allegedly have ample opportunity to decide on and effectuate return themselves. This article builds upon scholarly critiques of such p…
Our aim is to assist migrants in making a well-informed decision: How return counsellors in Austria and the Netherlands manage the aspirations of unwanted non-citizens
European governments widely celebrate and extensively fund 'assisted voluntary return' (AVR) programmes and assume that return counsellors play an important role for their implementation. At the same time, relevant legislation only vaguely defines this role and reduces it to a passive and neutral provision of 'objective information'. In this article, we therefore ask how much and what kind of agency individual counsellors exercise and how this af…
Assessing Adequate Homes and Proper Parenthood: How Gendered and Racialized Family Norms Legitimize the Deportation of Unaccompanied Minors in Belgium and the Netherlands
This article analyzes the ways in which the Belgian and Dutch governments legitimize the deportation of unaccompanied minors, by focusing on the interplay of intersectional boundary work and bordering practices. Building on the work of postcolonial feminists and scholars studying the role of identity and cultural values in migration policy, the article highlights that deportation relies on and reifies gendered, racialized, and classed representat…
We have nothing to hide”: Legitimacy narratives, researcher positionality and the ethics of accessing the Dutch deportation apparatus
This article presents a reflection on the contentious access negotiations involved in researching the Dutch deportation apparatus. Previous studies described how hostility towards researchers and the opacity within migration control regimes more generally lead to difficulties for conducting academic research. This article instead relies on a self‐reflexive account of two successful access negotiations to question what acquiring access tells us ab…
The time politics of migrant deportability: An intersectional analysis of deportation policy for non-citizen children in Belgium and the Netherlands
This article examines the use of time as a technology of migration control for the deportation of non-citizen children in Belgium and the Netherlands. The scarce literature on the ‘time politics’ of migration enforcement shows that states are under increasing pressure to speed up deportations, especially for non-citizens convicted of criminal offences. However, as immigration is increasingly linked to social, political and economic categories of …
Contesting policy categories using intersectionality: Reflections for studying migration governance
This article presents a reflection on the analytical value of intersectionality for scholars who seek to critically interrogate migration governance in Europe – of which integration measures are an integral part. While there is a growing interest in using gender and feminist theory to investigate the policies and practices that sustain migration governance, there has been little dedicated reflection on the analytical significance of intersectiona…
Legitimising detention and deportation of illegalised migrant families: Reconstructing public controversies in Belgium and the Netherlands
In Belgium and the Netherlands, the detention and deportation of illegalised migrant families with underage children has recently caused public controversy, resulting in the eruption of anti-deportation protests. This controversy is rooted in the unresolved tension for liberal states to protect children’s rights on the one hand, while limiting ‘unwanted migration’ on the other. Previous literature documents protest reactions to efforts to deport …
Intersectional migration research: Re‐centring governance structures
Within migration studies, the use of intersectionality as a theoretical, conceptual and analytical tool is increasingly gaining traction. Most of this research provides compelling empirical evidence demonstrating how migrants' intersecting social locations shape their experiences of migration and settlement (see also Clark-Kazak, 2024). These insights are important in understanding how social boundaries operate and the consequences they have for …
Determinants of Enforced Return: A Quantitative Analysis of the Spectrum of (In)voluntariness Among Rejected Asylum Seekers in the Netherlands
In recent decades, scholars documented the rise of enforced return in the Global North and scrutinised the vast infrastructure, international diplomacy and in‐country measures that set out to boost these. One such way is by promoting so‐called ‘Assisted Voluntary Returns’: programs in which rejected asylum seekers allegedly have ample opportunity to decide on and effectuate return themselves. This article builds upon scholarly critiques of such p…
Migration, Refugees, and Integration (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Immigration (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (6 works) · Criminology (4 works) · Deportation (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (4 works)