Asylum after Empire

Colonial Legacies in the Politics of Asylum Seeking

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ID19927664
AuthorsLucy Mayblin (0000-0001-6602-2091, corresponding author)
Year2017
Pages210
Publication date2017-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
Reviewed byAsylum after empire: Colonial Legacies in the Politics of Asylum Seeking, Katherine Jensen, 2019
VenueAsylum after Empire (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRowman & Littlefield Publishers (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5771/9781783486175
OpenAlexW4407259005
Open LibraryOL29786432M
ISBN9781783486175
LanguageEN
Citations received164

Asylum seekers are not welcome in Europe. But why is that the case? For many scholars, the policies have become more restrictive over recent decades because the asylum seekers have changed. This change is often said to be about numbers, methods of travel, and reasons for flight. In short: we are in an age of hypermobility and states cannot cope with such volumes of ‘others’. This book presents an alternative view, drawing on theoretical insights from Third World Approaches to International Law, post- and decolonial studies, and presenting new research on the context of the British Empire. The text highlights the fact that since the early 1990s, for the first time, the majority of asylum seekers originate from countries outside of Europe, countries which until 30-60 years ago were under colonial rule. Policies which address asylum seekers must, the book argues, be understood not only as part of a global hypermobile present, but within the context of colonial histories

Ancient history · Empire · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Geology · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · History · Race, History, and American Society · Civil rights · Government policy · Human rights · Political Freedom & Security · Political refugees · Political science · Postcolonialism · Right of Asylum

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