Asylum Matters : On the Front Line of Administrative Decision-Making

Asylum Matters : On the Front Line of Administrative Decision-Making

Author
Laura Affolter
Publication Year
2021
Publisher
Springer
Language
English
Document Type
Book
Faculty / Subject Heading
Law

This book examines everyday practices in an asylum administration. Asylum decisions are often criticised as being ‘subjective’ or ‘arbitrary’. Asylum Matters turns this claim on its head.


Keywords: Law and Criminology / Human Rights and Crime / Criminal Justice / Migration / Human Geography / Human Rights / Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights / Migration / Socio-legal / Borders / Bureaucracy / At the heart of the state / Human rights / Asylum procedure / Asylum decision-making / Law and discretion