Rethinking commonality in refugee status determination in Europe: Legal geographies of asylum appeals

Gill, Nick; Hoellerer, Nicole; Allsopp, Jennifer; Burridge, Andrew; Fisher, Dan; Griffiths, Melanie; Hambly, Jessica; Paszkiewicz, Natalia; Rotter, Rebecca; Vianelli, Lorenzo

doi:10.1016/j.polgeo.2022.102686

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	Document type :	Scientific journals : Article
	Discipline(s) :	Law, criminology & political science : Political science, public administration & international relations Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Human geography & demography
	Focus Areas :	Migration and Inclusive Societies; Law / European Law
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/51909

Title :	Rethinking commonality in refugee status determination in Europe: Legal geographies of asylum appeals
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Gill, Nick []
	Hoellerer, Nicole []
	Allsopp, Jennifer []
	Burridge, Andrew []
	Fisher, Dan []
	Griffiths, Melanie []
	Hambly, Jessica []
	Paszkiewicz, Natalia []
	Rotter, Rebecca []
	Vianelli, Lorenzo [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Geography and Spatial Planning (DGEO) >]
Publication date :	Oct-2022
Journal title :	Political Geography
Publisher :	Elsevier
Volume :	98
Special issue title :	The grey area of government: Ambiguity, inconsistency and opacity in the management of forced migration and borders
Peer reviewed :	Yes (verified by ORBi^lu)
Audience :	International
ISSN :	0962-6298
e-ISSN :	1873-5096
Country :	United Kingdom
Keywords :	[en] Refugee status determination ; Asylum appeals ; Common European Asylum System ; Legal geographies ; Commonality
Abstract :	[en] The Common European Asylum System aims to establish common standards for refugee status determination among EU Member States. Combining insights from legal and political geography we bring the depth and scale of this challenge into sharp relief. Drawing on interviews and a detailed ethnography of asylum adjudication involving over 850 in-person asylum appeal observations, we point towards practical differences in the spatio-temporality, materiality and logistics of asylum appeal processes as they are operationalised in seven European countries. Our analysis achieves three things. Firstly, we identify a key zone of differences at the level of concrete, everyday implementation that has largely escaped academic attention, which allows us to critically assess the notion of harmonisation of asylum policies in new ways. Secondly, drawing on legal- and political-geographical concepts, we offer a way to conceptualise this zone by paying attention to the spatio-temporality, materiality and logistics it involves. Thirdly, we offer critical legal logistics as a new direction for scholarship in legal geography and beyond that promises to prise open the previously obscured mechanics of contemporary legal systems.
Funders :	European Research Council - grant number StG-2015_677917 ; Economic and Social Research Council - grant number ES/J023426/1
Target :	Researchers ; Professionals ; Students ; General public
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/51909
DOI :	10.1016/j.polgeo.2022.102686
Other URL :	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0962629822001007?via%3Dihub#sec6
Framework Programme / European Project :	H2020 ; 677917 - ASYFAIR - Fair and Consistent Border Controls? A Critical, Multi-methodological and Interdisciplinary Study of Asylum Adjudication in Europe

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