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Rakinder K., Reehal (2021) Gender and the criminalisation of asylum : exploring the experiences of refugee and asylum seeking women. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
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Abstract
This thesis explores the racist and sexist redefinition, regulation, and dehumanisation of refugee and asylum seeking women (RASW) in the UK. A feminist approach is taken to investigate how RASW are constructed as ‘crimmigrants’ and subjected to crime control measures through a ‘crimmigration regime’ that restricts their access to their human rights. The project aims to centre the lived experiences of RASW at the intersections of race, gender, and nationality, and also consider the ways in which they respond to their experiences. Qualitative methods were utilised to collect data through one-to-one conversations with 25 RASW over a 12-month period, with consideration for epistemic oppression and developing reciprocity in feminist research. These participants, as well as eight community allies, became involved with the project through the Meena Centre in Birmingham, and particularly the Baobab Women’s Project.
The study finds that RASW are criminalised beyond that which convicted criminals experience, dehumanised to extremes, and punished severely for supposed immigration crimes. This redefinition is enacted within the modern hostile environment RASW through ‘immcarcerality,’ which forces them to exist in carceral spaces and restricts their ability to access their human rights. These range from large scale spaces like immigration detention centres, to everyday ‘immcarceral’ spaces like asylum accommodation and Home Office reporting centres. The thesis concludes with a discussion about the agency enacted by RASW in responding to and challenging this dehumanising criminalisation.
Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare J Political Science > JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Women refugees, Women refugees -- Government policy -- Great Britain, Women refugees -- Great Britain -- Social conditions, Women Immigrants -- Government policy -- Great Britain, Illegal immigration, Asylum, Right of | ||||
Official Date: | July 2021 | ||||
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Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
Theses Department: | Department of Sociology | ||||
Thesis Type: | PhD | ||||
Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
Supervisor(s)/Advisor: | Kalra, Virinder S. ; Wadia, Khursheed | ||||
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Extent: | 209 leaves | ||||
Language: | eng |
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