Laura Affolter
Publisher
transcript Verlag
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
In the context of the ever-increasing political problematization of migration in Europe, agencies charged with migrant administration create diverse categories of difference to distinguish between the »deserving migrant« and the illegal one: They assess the detainability or the credibility of asylum seekers, the danger posed by Islamic organizations, and make situational decisions that determine whether migration or labour law applies to individual...
Publisher
transcript Verlag
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
How do administrative government agencies deal with the often complex and difficult histories of flight and asylum, how does a `case' emerge from this, and how does a decision arise? In the context of European attempts at coordination, such questions are not merely of academic relevance, but are also socially and politically relevant. This volume contributes to an improved understanding of the structures and shifts in local administrative practices...