Citation

Faist T. Ethn. Racial Stud. 2018; 41(3): 412-423.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/01419870.2017.1324170

PMID

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Abstract

We can speak of a moral polity, in which many countries in Europe receiving refugees have signed human rights conventions. Yet we also find externalization of migration control and widespread rejection towards receiving forced migrants. This observation raises two questions. First, what are the main mechanisms fuelling the dualism of human rights on the one hand and an unwillingness to accept forced migrants on the other hand? More generally, what is driving political perceptions around forced migration? Second, the practical question is: How can we (de)construct political perceptions around forced migration which lead to categorizations that exclude migrants from living in safety? In doing so, this analysis seeks to deconstruct forced migration from the point of view of critical theory, literary theory and social theory. The conclusion then asks, inspired by feminist-queer theory, whether there is a creative opening in escaping inequality-producing categorizations of forced migration.

Language: en

Keywords

(de)construction; categorization of migrants; forced migration; Human rights