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Geographies of asylum justice: the lived realities and spaces of the Danish asylum procedure

Description du projet

La réalité sur la demande d’asile au Danemark

L’institution de l’asile fait face à une pression préoccupante, car les pays sont de plus en plus réticents à donner l’asile aux personnes en détresse. Bien que reconnu par la juridiction nationale et internationale, l’asile est corrompu dans la pratique par le biais d’un réseau complexe d’opérations de mise en application aux frontières et des interventions bureaucratiques. Le projet JustAsylum, financé par l’UE, étudiera donc les réalités vécues durant les procédures d’asile pour déterminer comment ces changements sont intervenus et concevoir l’octroi de l’asile comme un droit légitime. Une étude qualitative approfondie de la procédure d’asile sera menée au Danemark, un pays qui s’est engagé à réduire l’engagement de l’UE vis-à-vis de l’asile et de la protection des réfugiés. Les résultats du projet augmenteront le savoir concernant la caractérisation de l’asile, de la protection des réfugiés et des processus du travail juridique aux frontières.

Objectif

This proposed research examines the ways in which Western states’ receding commitment to refugee protection is re-shaping the current asylum system. As a result of ongoing global refugee crises, the institution of asylum is coming under great pressure. Countries across the world are growing increasingly reluctant to provide asylum to people in need. While asylum remains in force in national and international laws, it is being subverted in practice through a complex web of border enforcement and bureaucratic interventions. By analysing the lived realities of the asylum procedure, this research project will assess how these changes materialize and shape the provision of asylum as a legal right. More specifically, this research will develop a feminist geographical approach in order to trace the ways that this legal process of deciding who obtains asylum is carried out in practice and experienced by the actors involved. To do this, the researcher – Dr Malene H. Jacobsen – will relocate from Ireland to Newcastle University in the United Kingdom in order to undertake an in-depth qualitative study of the asylum procedure in Denmark, a country that has long been at the forefront of reducing the EU’s commitment to asylum and refugee protection. This research project will significantly advance scholarship on asylum determination, refugee protection, and processes of juridical border work, contributing to the fields of political geography and legal geography as well as broader interdisciplinary debates across border studies, refugee studies, and socio-legal studies. Findings from this research will further inform European public and policy debates about asylum through engagement with key stakeholders and targeted audiences. Dr Jacobsen will gain research expertise in social geography, feminist theory, and creative qualitative methodologies, and expand her European networks among scholars, policy communities, and the nongovernmental sector.

Régime de financement

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Coordinateur

UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Contribution nette de l'UE
€ 224 933,76
Adresse
KINGS GATE
NE1 7RU Newcastle Upon Tyne
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Région
North East (England) Northumberland and Tyne and Wear Tyneside
Type d’activité
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Liens
Coût total
€ 224 933,76