The expulsions of humanitarianism. The hampered channels of asylum in France
Year: 2017
Type: article
Abstract: This intervention focuses on the articulation between modes of expulsions and humanitarianism in the current French context, showing that on the one hand potential asylum seekers are fundamentally obstructed in accessing the channels of asylum, being preventively illegalized and becoming deportable, and on the other hand humanitarianism is also used as part of the strategies for convincing migrants to leave critical border-zones like Calais. The nexus between expulsions and humanitarianism is explored here by analysing how migrants have been moved across France, or deported from France, immediately before and after the last eviction of the 'jungle' of Calais. The piece claims that we need to broad the notion of 'expulsion' beyond spatial removal from the territory and bringing attention to different modes of expulsions which range from deportation to the expulsions from the channels of the asylum and forms of containment through mobility.
Author: Martina Tazzioli
Institution: Swansea University
Language: English
Topic: Migration and Exile Studies
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4385889519