J Allsopp
Biographic Data
| ID | 70221 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J Allsopp |
| GIVEN NAMES | J |
| FAMILY NAME | Allsopp |
| SIGNATURE | ALLSOPP J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Birmingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3189-912X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 116 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Exploring hospitality, hostility and (un)home in hotel accommodation for asylum seekers in the United Kingdom
The number of asylum seekers housed in hotels in the United Kingdom on behalf of the Home Office is unprecedented and requires specific attention. Utilizing hotels on such a large scale as longer-term accommodation for asylum seekers has brought a new range of actors into this space who have responsibility for the day-to-day care of refugees and asylum seekers, many of whom have experienced high levels of trauma. The involvement of hoteliers and …
What’s so funny about the European ‘migration crisis’? The use of humour among unaccompanied young migrants and refugees to assert agency and subvert authority in the face of a hostile reception regim…
Mind the Empathy Gap: An Analysis of Agency and Emotional Encounters in the Asylum Appeals of Former Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Minors
The role of emotion in asylum processes is one that has gained attention in recent years. This article situates itself as a response to this emerging body of literature by shedding new light on how emotions shaped the asylum appeals of a group of former unaccompanied minors in England through the application of the new concept of “empathy gap.” Five socio-legal themes are used to structure the analysis: (i) age disputes, (ii) credibility, (iii) a…
The Story's in the Telling: Using Narrative Genre as a Lens to Explore the Well-Being and Life Projects of Unaccompanied Young Migrants and Refugees
This article develops the narratological approach to well-being research through the novel use of literary theory. It is the first article to explore the role of narrative genre in how unaccompanied refugee and migrant youth expressed their life projects and experiences of confronting the challenges and opportunities of the migration and asylum regime. It argues that narrative is important to understanding their life projects and well-being needs…
English ‘iron rod’ welfare versus Italian ‘colander’ welfare: Understanding the intra-European mobility strategies of unaccompanied young migrants and refugees
The experiences of unaccompanied young migrants and refugees challenge the idea of a common European asylum policy but also show that traditional welfare typologies used to account for differences in welfare across states fail to account for the lived experiences of this group. They do not consider the shifting categorizations of young migrants in institutional terms, nor how the stratification of their social rights plays out over place and time…
Rethinking commonality in refugee status determination in Europe: Legal geographies of asylum appeals
The Common European Asylum System aims to establish common standards for refugee status determination among EU Member States. Combining insights from legal and political geography we bring the depth and scale of this challenge into sharp relief. Drawing on interviews and a detailed ethnography of asylum adjudication involving over 850 in-person asylum appeal observations, we point towards practical differences in the spatio-temporality, materiali…
The tribunal atmosphere: On qualitative barriers to access to justice
Vulnerable groups’ direct experiences and impressions of British courts and tribunals have often been overlooked by politicians and policy makers (JUSTICE, 2019). This paper takes a geographical, empirical approach to access to justice to respond to these concerns, paying attention to the atmosphere of First Tier Immigration and Asylum Tribunal hearings to explore the qualitative aspects of (in)access to justice during asylum appeals. It draws on…
Youth Migration and the Politics of Wellbeing: Stories of Life in Transition
What’s missing from legal geography and materialist studies of law? Absence and the assembling of asylum appeal hearings in Europe
There is an absence of absence in legal geography and materialist studies of the law. Drawing on a multi‐sited ethnography of European asylum appeal hearings, this paper illustrates the importance of absences for a fully‐fledged materiality of legal events. We show how absent materials impact hearings, that non‐attending participants profoundly influence them, and that even when participants are physically present, they are often simultaneously a…
Best interests, durable solutions and belonging: Policy discourses shaping the futures of unaccompanied migrant and refugee minors coming of age in Europe
This paper sheds light on the ambiguous position of children who migrate without a parent or guardian as they become adults in the European Union (EU). Through a critical analysis of three prevailing frames (‘best interests’, ‘durable solutions’ and ‘belonging’), which largely inform policy and practice related to this group, it explores the tension between policy assumptions and what we know of the lived experiences and aspirations of these youn…
The Limits of Procedural Discretion: Unequal Treatment and Vulnerability in Britain’s Asylum Appeals
Studies of procedural in-court judicial discretion have highlighted a dilemma between the imperative to reduce it owing to its potential misuse and preserve it owing to its importance in protecting vulnerable groups. This article offers a new framework with which to enter this debate and new quantitative empirical evidence that favours the former position over the latter. Drawing upon 240 in-person observations of Britain’s First Tier Tribunal (I…
Linguistic incomprehension in British asylum appeal hearings
For the thousands of appellants who navigate Britain's asylum appeal courts every year, attending a hearing conducted in a language they do not understand and participating via an interpreter, is usually viewed as a significant disadvantage. The findings of a study that entailed ethnographic and structured observations of over 390 asylum appeal hearings in England and Wales during 2013 and 2014, however, indicate that the presence of interpreters…
The Tactics of Time and Status: Young People's Experiences of Building Futures While Subject to Immigration Control in Britain
Journal Article The Tactics of Time and Status: Young People's Experiences of Building Futures While Subject to Immigration Control in Britain Get access Jennifer Allsopp, Jennifer Allsopp Department of Social Policy and Intervention and Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Elaine Chase, Elaine Chase Department of Social Policy and Interven…
The Tactics of Time and Status: Young People's Experiences of Building Futures While Subject to Immigration Control in Britain
Journal Article The Tactics of Time and Status: Young People's Experiences of Building Futures While Subject to Immigration Control in Britain Get access Jennifer Allsopp, Jennifer Allsopp Department of Social Policy and Intervention and Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Elaine Chase, Elaine Chase Department of Social Policy and Interven…
What’s missing from legal geography and materialist studies of law? Absence and the assembling of asylum appeal hearings in Europe
There is an absence of absence in legal geography and materialist studies of the law. Drawing on a multi‐sited ethnography of European asylum appeal hearings, this paper illustrates the importance of absences for a fully‐fledged materiality of legal events. We show how absent materials impact hearings, that non‐attending participants profoundly influence them, and that even when participants are physically present, they are often simultaneously a…
Best interests, durable solutions and belonging: Policy discourses shaping the futures of unaccompanied migrant and refugee minors coming of age in Europe
This paper sheds light on the ambiguous position of children who migrate without a parent or guardian as they become adults in the European Union (EU). Through a critical analysis of three prevailing frames (‘best interests’, ‘durable solutions’ and ‘belonging’), which largely inform policy and practice related to this group, it explores the tension between policy assumptions and what we know of the lived experiences and aspirations of these youn…
The Limits of Procedural Discretion: Unequal Treatment and Vulnerability in Britain’s Asylum Appeals
Studies of procedural in-court judicial discretion have highlighted a dilemma between the imperative to reduce it owing to its potential misuse and preserve it owing to its importance in protecting vulnerable groups. This article offers a new framework with which to enter this debate and new quantitative empirical evidence that favours the former position over the latter. Drawing upon 240 in-person observations of Britain’s First Tier Tribunal (I…
The tribunal atmosphere: On qualitative barriers to access to justice
Vulnerable groups’ direct experiences and impressions of British courts and tribunals have often been overlooked by politicians and policy makers (JUSTICE, 2019). This paper takes a geographical, empirical approach to access to justice to respond to these concerns, paying attention to the atmosphere of First Tier Immigration and Asylum Tribunal hearings to explore the qualitative aspects of (in)access to justice during asylum appeals. It draws on…
The Story's in the Telling: Using Narrative Genre as a Lens to Explore the Well-Being and Life Projects of Unaccompanied Young Migrants and Refugees
This article develops the narratological approach to well-being research through the novel use of literary theory. It is the first article to explore the role of narrative genre in how unaccompanied refugee and migrant youth expressed their life projects and experiences of confronting the challenges and opportunities of the migration and asylum regime. It argues that narrative is important to understanding their life projects and well-being needs…
Rethinking commonality in refugee status determination in Europe: Legal geographies of asylum appeals
The Common European Asylum System aims to establish common standards for refugee status determination among EU Member States. Combining insights from legal and political geography we bring the depth and scale of this challenge into sharp relief. Drawing on interviews and a detailed ethnography of asylum adjudication involving over 850 in-person asylum appeal observations, we point towards practical differences in the spatio-temporality, materiali…
Linguistic incomprehension in British asylum appeal hearings
For the thousands of appellants who navigate Britain's asylum appeal courts every year, attending a hearing conducted in a language they do not understand and participating via an interpreter, is usually viewed as a significant disadvantage. The findings of a study that entailed ethnographic and structured observations of over 390 asylum appeal hearings in England and Wales during 2013 and 2014, however, indicate that the presence of interpreters…
What’s so funny about the European ‘migration crisis’? The use of humour among unaccompanied young migrants and refugees to assert agency and subvert authority in the face of a hostile reception regim…
Mind the Empathy Gap: An Analysis of Agency and Emotional Encounters in the Asylum Appeals of Former Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Minors
The role of emotion in asylum processes is one that has gained attention in recent years. This article situates itself as a response to this emerging body of literature by shedding new light on how emotions shaped the asylum appeals of a group of former unaccompanied minors in England through the application of the new concept of “empathy gap.” Five socio-legal themes are used to structure the analysis: (i) age disputes, (ii) credibility, (iii) a…
The Tactics of Time and Status: Young People's Experiences of Building Futures While Subject to Immigration Control in Britain
Journal Article The Tactics of Time and Status: Young People's Experiences of Building Futures While Subject to Immigration Control in Britain Get access Jennifer Allsopp, Jennifer Allsopp Department of Social Policy and Intervention and Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Elaine Chase, Elaine Chase Department of Social Policy and Interven…
Linguistic incomprehension in British asylum appeal hearings
For the thousands of appellants who navigate Britain's asylum appeal courts every year, attending a hearing conducted in a language they do not understand and participating via an interpreter, is usually viewed as a significant disadvantage. The findings of a study that entailed ethnographic and structured observations of over 390 asylum appeal hearings in England and Wales during 2013 and 2014, however, indicate that the presence of interpreters…
The Limits of Procedural Discretion: Unequal Treatment and Vulnerability in Britain’s Asylum Appeals
Studies of procedural in-court judicial discretion have highlighted a dilemma between the imperative to reduce it owing to its potential misuse and preserve it owing to its importance in protecting vulnerable groups. This article offers a new framework with which to enter this debate and new quantitative empirical evidence that favours the former position over the latter. Drawing upon 240 in-person observations of Britain’s First Tier Tribunal (I…
Best interests, durable solutions and belonging: Policy discourses shaping the futures of unaccompanied migrant and refugee minors coming of age in Europe
This paper sheds light on the ambiguous position of children who migrate without a parent or guardian as they become adults in the European Union (EU). Through a critical analysis of three prevailing frames (‘best interests’, ‘durable solutions’ and ‘belonging’), which largely inform policy and practice related to this group, it explores the tension between policy assumptions and what we know of the lived experiences and aspirations of these youn…
Youth Migration and the Politics of Wellbeing: Stories of Life in Transition
What’s missing from legal geography and materialist studies of law? Absence and the assembling of asylum appeal hearings in Europe
There is an absence of absence in legal geography and materialist studies of the law. Drawing on a multi‐sited ethnography of European asylum appeal hearings, this paper illustrates the importance of absences for a fully‐fledged materiality of legal events. We show how absent materials impact hearings, that non‐attending participants profoundly influence them, and that even when participants are physically present, they are often simultaneously a…
The tribunal atmosphere: On qualitative barriers to access to justice
Vulnerable groups’ direct experiences and impressions of British courts and tribunals have often been overlooked by politicians and policy makers (JUSTICE, 2019). This paper takes a geographical, empirical approach to access to justice to respond to these concerns, paying attention to the atmosphere of First Tier Immigration and Asylum Tribunal hearings to explore the qualitative aspects of (in)access to justice during asylum appeals. It draws on…
English ‘iron rod’ welfare versus Italian ‘colander’ welfare: Understanding the intra-European mobility strategies of unaccompanied young migrants and refugees
The experiences of unaccompanied young migrants and refugees challenge the idea of a common European asylum policy but also show that traditional welfare typologies used to account for differences in welfare across states fail to account for the lived experiences of this group. They do not consider the shifting categorizations of young migrants in institutional terms, nor how the stratification of their social rights plays out over place and time…
Rethinking commonality in refugee status determination in Europe: Legal geographies of asylum appeals
The Common European Asylum System aims to establish common standards for refugee status determination among EU Member States. Combining insights from legal and political geography we bring the depth and scale of this challenge into sharp relief. Drawing on interviews and a detailed ethnography of asylum adjudication involving over 850 in-person asylum appeal observations, we point towards practical differences in the spatio-temporality, materiali…
The Story's in the Telling: Using Narrative Genre as a Lens to Explore the Well-Being and Life Projects of Unaccompanied Young Migrants and Refugees
This article develops the narratological approach to well-being research through the novel use of literary theory. It is the first article to explore the role of narrative genre in how unaccompanied refugee and migrant youth expressed their life projects and experiences of confronting the challenges and opportunities of the migration and asylum regime. It argues that narrative is important to understanding their life projects and well-being needs…
Exploring hospitality, hostility and (un)home in hotel accommodation for asylum seekers in the United Kingdom
The number of asylum seekers housed in hotels in the United Kingdom on behalf of the Home Office is unprecedented and requires specific attention. Utilizing hotels on such a large scale as longer-term accommodation for asylum seekers has brought a new range of actors into this space who have responsibility for the day-to-day care of refugees and asylum seekers, many of whom have experienced high levels of trauma. The involvement of hoteliers and …
What’s so funny about the European ‘migration crisis’? The use of humour among unaccompanied young migrants and refugees to assert agency and subvert authority in the face of a hostile reception regim…
Mind the Empathy Gap: An Analysis of Agency and Emotional Encounters in the Asylum Appeals of Former Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Minors
The role of emotion in asylum processes is one that has gained attention in recent years. This article situates itself as a response to this emerging body of literature by shedding new light on how emotions shaped the asylum appeals of a group of former unaccompanied minors in England through the application of the new concept of “empathy gap.” Five socio-legal themes are used to structure the analysis: (i) age disputes, (ii) credibility, (iii) a…
Political science (12 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Law (10 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (9 works) · Law (7 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (7 works) · Refugee (7 works) · Politics (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Appeal (3 works)