scholarly journals Hosting spatial justice: Riace model and rhetorics of recognition

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Giulia Li Destri Nicosia
Keyword(s):  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Path Dependency ◽  
Local Administration ◽  
Case Description ◽  
Spatial Justice ◽  
Territorial Identity ◽  
A Value ◽  
Per Se ◽  
Refugees And Asylum Seekers

Abstract Introduction The paper investigates the relation between spatial justice and recognition. With this respect, it focuses on rhetorics of recognition, namely discourses, narratives and slogans put in place by actors who produce a territorial identity in order to be recognized in their peculiar and different characters. Case description The case-study employed is the Riace model, a worldwide known example of refugees and asylum seekers hosting and welcoming practice in Italy. Fieldnotes, public statements and newspaper articles were used to investigate both narratives through which Riace’s identity was produced and how this identity shaped Riace’s rhetorics of recognition within the context of a conflict between the local administration and the national government. Discussion and evaluation The paper shows how claims for recognition may drive towards negative outputs. Specifically, in the case of Riace, claims for diversity re-affirmed path-dependency and conditions of marginalization as a result of a depersonalised place-based approach and logics of exception. Conclusions Finally, the paper suggests that researchers should avoid considering diversity as a value per se in order to address spatial justice issues. Moreover, it suggests that rhetorics of recognition may help both in case of conflicting rationalities and to formulate situated ethical judgments.

The Importance of Convention Status: A Case Study of the UK

2001 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alice Bloch
Keyword(s):  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Economic Rights ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Refugees And Asylum Seekers ◽  
Social And Economic Rights

Convention status accords refugees social and economic rights and security of residence in European countries of asylum. However, the trend in Europe has been to prevent asylum seekers reaching its borders, to reduce the rights of asylum seekers in countries of asylum and to use temporary protection as a means of circumventing the responsibility of long-term resettlement. This paper will provide a case study of the United Kingdom. It will examine the social and economic rights afforded to different statuses in the areas of social security, housing, employment and family reunion. It will explore the interaction of social and economic rights and security of residence on the experiences of those seeking protection. Drawing on responses to the crisis in Kosovo and on data from a survey of 180 refugees and asylum seekers in London it will show the importance of Convention status and the rights and security the status brings.

Regimes of voice and visibility in the refugeescape

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 142-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Máiréad Moriarty
Keyword(s):  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Host Country ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Semiotic Mediation ◽  
Landscape Studies ◽  
Refugees And Asylum Seekers

Abstract This paper proposes refugeescapes as a framework for expanding the focus of semiotic landscape studies by centering migration, inequality, and social exclusion. In so doing, the article adds to the work of Mpendukana and Stroud (2018) and Kerfoot and Hytlenstam (2017) in uncovering how place is structured by issues of affect, voice, and visibility. In my paper, I turn to a case study of the spatializing practices of refugees and asylum seekers in Ireland, and the ways they counteract the mainstream semiotic mediation of their experiences. In particular, I focus on the semiotic landscapes of transgressive intent where asylum seekers address mistreatment in their host country. By examining material produced by refugees and asylum seekers themselves, my paper demonstrates how enclosed spaces are a methodological venue for the field, while arguing also for a more thorough engagement with the theory and politics of visibility/voice.

scholarly journals Access to Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) Services Among Urban Refugees and Asylum Seekers, Relative to the Thai Population, 2019: A Case Study in Bangkok, Thailand

2021 ◽  
Vol Volume 14 ◽  
pp. 3423-3433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathudara Phaiyarom ◽  
Hathairat Kosiyaporn ◽  
Nareerut Pudpong ◽  
Pigunkaew Sinam ◽  
Rapeepong Suphanchaimat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Thai Population ◽  
Urban Refugees ◽  
Refugees And Asylum Seekers ◽  
Non Communicable Disease

scholarly journals Humanitarian makerspaces in crisis-affected communities

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 374-386
Author(s):  
Lucia Corsini ◽  
James Moultrie
Keyword(s):  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Humanitarian Aid ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Humanitarian Organizations ◽  
Humanitarian Interventions ◽  
Design Activities ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
Refugees And Asylum Seekers

AbstractThere is an increasing demand for humanitarian aid around the world. At the same time, the number of makerspaces has been growing exponentially. Recently, the humanitarian sector has become interested in how these new design spaces can help crisis-affected populations. Despite the emergence of humanitarian makerspaces, there is little research to date that documents their outcomes and impacts. A multi-case study approach is taken to analyze three makerspaces that support migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in Greece. A maturity grid tool is used to show that humanitarian makerspaces are driving impact in six key areas. The study underlines how these makerspaces support different design activities and have different outcomes. It also considers the challenges which are preventing humanitarian makerspaces from achieving their ultimate goals, drawing attention to the need for an enabling ecosystem in both the local and humanitarian context. This research brings clarity to the poorly understood phenomenon of humanitarian makerspaces and highlights the important role of design in humanitarian interventions. It also reveals practical insights for humanitarian organizations who are considering setting up makerspaces in crisis-affected communities.

scholarly journals Didattica dell’italiano L2 ad apprendenti adulti analfabeti

EL LE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annalisa Brichese ◽  
Camilla Spaliviero ◽  
Valeria Tonioli
Keyword(s):  
Adult Education ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Assessment Methods ◽  
Protection System ◽  
Feedback Strategies ◽  
Refugees And Asylum Seekers

This article presents the results of a case study carried out in the Provincial Centres for Adult Education (CPIA), in the Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers (SPRAR) and in the Extraordinary Reception Centres (CAS) in the province of Venice. The article aims at providing a picture of the Italian courses offered to CPIA illiterate students who are beneficiary of CAS and SPRAR. In particular, the article explores the teachers’ profiles, the materials, the contents and the methodologies, the assessment methods and the feedback strategies. Quantitative data were collected through questionnaires.

scholarly journals Refugees and asylum seekers in Portugal: an assessment and the case of LGBTI individuals

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nuno Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Legal Scholarship ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Refugee Law ◽  
Migration History ◽  
Short Piece ◽  
Refugees And Asylum Seekers ◽  
Asylum Seekers And Refugees

Portugal’s migration history has been extensively explored in academic literature, including in legal scholarship. Yet, very little attention has so far been directed towards Portuguese refugee law. This may be due to the relatively low number of asylum seekers that Portugal receives, but that does not justify neglecting the study of the Portuguese socio-legal framework applicable to asylum seekers and refugees. This short piece summarises the findings of an article that addresses this gap by analyzing the framework in a European context, enhancing the analysis with a case study of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, and intersex (LGBTI) asylum seekers. The analysis explores the evolution of the current legal framework, the procedures and remedies available to asylum seekers, the substantive standards applied in decision-making, and the broader socio-legal resources offered to asylum seekers. Several shortcomings and possible avenues of improvement are also identified.

Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Indonesia Amid the Spread of COVID-19: Case Study of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Pekanbaru

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 236-253
Author(s):  
Rizky Octa Putri Charin
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Qualitative Research Methods ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Rights ◽  
Refugees And Asylum Seekers

This paper aims to analyze how the Indonesian government’s efforts to fulfill the health rights of refugees or asylum seekers who were in Indonesia when the COVID-19 case hit the world. Pekanbaru was chosen as a case study because it has broken the record for the highest number of additional COVID-19 cases in Indonesia. This condition is exacerbated by the fact that, Pekanbaru is also one of the cities with the highest number of receiving refugees in Indonesia. Using qualitative research methods, this paper argues that the acceptance of refugees by Indonesia on humanitarian principles is in line with the identity that has been shown as defenders of human rights. To maintain this identity, in terms of handling COVID-19 with refugees, it would be better if Indonesia adapted policies that were adaptive and sensitive to minority groups, in this case asylum seekers in Pekanbaru.

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