SOCI 307 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Asylum Seeker, Offshoring, Externalization
5 May 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Asylum
Refugee+vs.+asylum+seekers
Not+the+same+as+refugee+status+-->+some+people+end+up+as+asylum-
seekers+while+waiting+for+refugee+status
○
Asylum'seeker:+people+who+cross+an+international+border+to+seek+
protection+but+whose+claims+are+not+decided+before+that+crossing+
(national+law+applies,+not+UNHCR+-->+if+you+turn+up+in+another+country+
without+documentation+you+are+not+under+the+UNHCR+laws+but+national+
laws)
○
•
Discourse+of+"fake+refugees"/"economic+migrants"/queue+jumpers+
Class+assumptions+embedded+in+this+-->+sense+that+if+these+were+people+
really+in+need+they+would+be+extremely+ poor+&+unable+to+move+on+their+
own+(i.e.+"they+must+have+some+resources+if+they+were+able+to+move")
In+reality:+refugee-inducing+situations+are+class-blind+-->+mixed+
spectrum+of+motivations
§
○
"queue-jumping"+-->+"why+don't+you+just+wait+your+turn?"
Ex/+Za'atari+(Jordan)+-->+this+refugee+camp+that+was+set+up+n+2011+
after+start+of+Syrian+war+has+become+a+city+(with+districts,+schools,+
etc.)
§
○
•
Externalization+of+border+controls+-->+borders+being+beyond+the+land+of+the+
country
i.e.+UK+border+in+Calais+(France)
○
Canada:+'carrier+sanctions'+(borders+are+in+other+airports+-->+heavy+fines+
against+airlines+that+allow+people+who+are+without+proper+
documentation+to+travel+to+Canada)
○
'we+won't+let+you+border+a+plane+without+a+certain+visa'+-->+strict+travel+
protocols+(through+the+hierarchy+of+passports)+through+visa+restrictions+
○
"safe+third+country"+restrictions+-->+the+idea+that+Canada+(or+other+
countries)+will+not+accept+'refugees'+from+countries+with+which+it+has+
signed+this+agreement+with+(considered+to+be+safe+enough+that+they+
don't+need+refugee+status+any+more)
○
•
Offshoring
i.e.+Australia+tows+the+boats+of+refugees+to+other+islands+in+the+pacific
○
•
Complicated+assessment+procedures•
Video
First+part+-Jamaica
About+a+lesbian+woman+in+Jamaica+
○
One+of+the+most+homophobic+countries+in+the+western+world
○
She+is+very+fearful+-->+doesn't+go+outside+alone,+beaten+by+men+who+find+
out
'corrective+rape'+-->+physical+&+mental+torture
§
○
•
Colombia•
Canada+-ironies+in+having+a+very+strong+refugee+protection+system+is+that+if+a+
visa+officer+knows+you+plan+on+applying+for+refugee+status,+they+will+reject+you+
(actually+getting+here+is+the+most+difficult+part)
•
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Thursday,+March+ 15,+2018
11:42+AM
