scholarly journals Vanishing Selves under Hong Kong’s Unified Screening Mechanism

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pui Yan Flora Lau ◽  
Iulia Gheorghiu
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Identity Construction ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
The Self ◽  
Political Asylum ◽  
Slow Pace ◽  
The Social ◽  
Total Institutions ◽  
Refugees And Asylum Seekers

Abstract Drawing on Erving Goffman’s analysis of total institutions and his concept of mortification of the self, the present article deals with the process of identity construction and identity loss among refugees and asylum seekers in Hong Kong. We argue that the slow pace of processing of political asylum applications as well as the harsh restrictions imposed on rights to work and the minimal welfare provisions for refugees and asylum seekers in Hong Kong operate as means of isolating them from the broader society. Another consequence of these restrictive conditions becomes manifest in the loss of identity experienced by those who have been stuck in Hong Kong for many years waiting for their applications to be processed. Being unable to preserve the sense of identity they had in their countries of origin, they find themselves deprived of the social and institutional resorts necessary to forge a new one.

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.

scholarly journals Revising Trauma Theory: Trauma as Identity Construction and the Discontented Self in Fadia Faqir’s My Name is Salma (2007)

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 135
Author(s):  
Nuha Ahmad Baaqeel
Keyword(s):  
Women Writers ◽  
Identity Construction ◽  
Personal Identity ◽  
The Self ◽  
Traumatic Experience ◽  
Arab Women ◽  
Illegitimate Birth ◽  
The Social ◽  
Honour Killing ◽  
The Impact

This essay will examine the concept of traumatic identity in My Name is Salma, exploring theories of traumatic identity and their relationship to the self in Arab Literature, the social context of the text and its historical resonance, and representation and identity via the female traumatic experience. The analysis will seek to reflect upon the impact and convergence of feminism, trauma and post colonialism within issues like the construction of the self, belonging, and the juxtaposition of homeland and exile. This essay argues, in part, that Arab women writers embrace trauma in their texts, while simultaneously critiquing the effects of trauma on the construction of personal identity. In particular, the work of Jordanian author, Fadia Faqir, in her novel, My Name is Salma (2007), provides a first-person narrative of the narrator and protagonist, Salma, who defines her personal identity as constructed from trauma, yet who is unable to process, mediate, or overcome her traumatic past. As she nevertheless attempts to construct a coherent narrative of self, the character of Salma allows readers insights into her thoughts, actions, and the way she views herself. This essay asserts further that the types of trauma that inform Salma’s narrative of self also speak to the experiences of many women in Arab states, such as the social stigmatization of so-called illegitimate birth, the violence of honour killing, racial abuse, Othering, and the dire circumstances and suffering inherent in life as a refugee.

Choose Your Words Wisely

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 226-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick F. Kotzur ◽  
Nora Forsbach ◽  
Ulrich Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Social Perception ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Factorial Survey ◽  
Stereotype Content Model ◽  
Content Model ◽  
Stereotype Content ◽  
The Social ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Refugees And Asylum Seekers

Abstract. Differences in word connotations can have far-reaching consequences. We investigated the content, and emotional and behavioral consequences of the social perception of fled people as a function of their label (“refugees” vs. “asylum seekers”; “war refugees” vs. “economic refugees” vs. “refugees”) using a factorial survey (n = 389). Based on qualitative data on perceived intentions associated with the labels, we deducted predictions regarding differences in the Stereotype Content Model and Behavior from Intergroup Affect and Stereotypes Map. Participants evaluated refugees and asylum seekers similarly. Economic refugees were evaluated more negatively than war refugees or refugees, while the profiles of war refugees and refugees matched. These findings suggest that the choice of words to refer to fled people has profound consequences.

scholarly journals Mental health of African asylum-seekers and refugees in Hong Kong: using the social determinants of health framework

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
William Chi Wai Wong ◽  
Sealing Cheung ◽  
Heidi Yin Hai Miu ◽  
Julie Chen ◽  
Kelley Ann Loper ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Social Determinants Of Health ◽  
Social Determinants ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Determinants Of Health ◽  
The Social ◽  
Asylum Seekers And Refugees

Narrative identity and the re-conceptualization of lone motherhood

2004 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 169-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa May
Keyword(s):  
Identity Construction ◽  
Narrative Identity ◽  
Life Stories ◽  
The Self ◽  
Cultural Narratives ◽  
Lone Mothers ◽  
The Social ◽  
Narrative Constructions ◽  
Dominant Narratives ◽  
Normative Account

Lone motherhood tends to be viewed as something a woman is, an identity that defines the woman. This article takes a different route into lone motherhood by focusing on identity construction in the life stories of four Finnish lone mothers. Faced with dominant narratives that define lone motherhood in negative terms, the narrators construct a counter-normative account of their lone motherhood through a dialogue with different cultural narratives on motherhood, independence and family. Furthermore, the social category of lone motherhood is not one that the lone mothers themselves adopt in their narrative constructions of the self. Instead, they attempt to create space for themselves within the normative narratives on motherhood and womanhood, thus refuting the idea that lone motherhood is constitutive of identity. At the same time, the life stories reveal how powerful the cultural narratives on motherhood and family are – lone mothers can challenge them, but they can never escape these narratives completely. (Lone Motherhood, Narrative Identity, Life Stories, Cultural Narratives)

Battered Wives: The Home as a Total Institution

1991 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noga Avni
Keyword(s):  
Battered Women ◽  
The Self ◽  
Total Institution ◽  
Phenomenological Aspect ◽  
The Social ◽  
Physical Barriers ◽  
External Sources ◽  
Total Institutions ◽  
Social Agencies ◽  
Harsh Reality

This paper is based on research which examined the lives of Israeli battered women from the phenomenological aspect. Thirty-five unstructured interviews were carried out in a shelter for battered women. The women’s accounts suggest that the situation of battered women resembles that of inmates of total institutions, as defined by Goffman (1961). Physical barriers are imposed upon them, and they go through a process of mortification of the self which begins soon after the marriage. Compulsory confinement to the house damages the self and diminishes the ability to cope. Furthermore, it cuts the women off from external sources of physical help and moral support. Increased understanding of this harsh reality would benefit the social agencies engaged in helping battered women.

scholarly journals Kewirausahaan bagi pengungsi asing dan pencari suaka di Pekanbaru pada masa pandemi Covid-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 275-280
Author(s):  
Ahmad Jamaan ◽  
Muhammad Saeri ◽  
Yessi Olivia ◽  
Yusnarida Eka Nizmi ◽  
Irwan Iskandar
Keyword(s):  
Social Environment ◽  
Community Service ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Entrepreneurial Motivation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Service Activities ◽  
External Impact ◽  
Refugees And Asylum Seekers ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Economic Capacity

The existence of foreign refugees in Pekanbaru has had an external impact on the social environment of the society in which they are accommodated. Internally, the prohibition of refugees to work formally, it has had the impact of reducing the economic capacity of the refugees itself. Even though, many of them while in their home countries have special professions such as lecturer, lawyer, journalist, and others. Dealing with this reason, in order to strengthen the economy for refugees in Pekanbaru, community service activities are held in the form of introducing and exploring the potential of refugees, socializing the existence of refugees to the society, and entrepreneurship assistance. The activity of entrepreneurship is implemented through three components, namely entrepreneurial motivation, assistance in making products characterized by the country of origin of refugees and the introduction and marketing of these entrepreneurial products. Thus, this community service activities can provide the business independence for refugees in making culinary products and painting crafts. In its implementation, this community service could run well without the presence of refugees and asylum seekers because of absence of permission during Pandemic COVID-19 in Pekanbaru

Clone Lives

2020 ◽  
pp. 118-146
Author(s):  
Clare Hanson
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Reproduction ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Human Cloning ◽  
Bare Life ◽  
Construction Of Identity ◽  
The Social ◽  
Refugees And Asylum Seekers ◽  
Identity And Difference

Chapter 4 focuses on fiction which responds to the prospect of human cloning following the birth of Dolly the sheep. Eva Hoffman’s novel The Secret deploys the trope of the clone to figure the sense of inauthenticity experienced by many second-generation Holocaust survivors and goes on to examine cloning’s potential to dislodge sexual reproduction as the cornerstone of the social order. Drawing on the work of Catherine Malabou, the chapter follows Hoffman’s representation of the clone as a figure portending the disruption of genealogy. Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go is read in the light of Giorgio Agamben’s theorization of ‘bare life’ and ‘states of exception’ and the novel’s clones are seen to represent those who are relegated to the category of bare life in contemporary global biopolitics, notably refugees and asylum seekers. The clones are also linked with Agamben’s understanding of the enigmatic relationship between the human and the animal and his concept of indifference and emphasis on a subjectivity which precedes the construction of identity and difference.

scholarly journals LEGAL DIALECTICS OF INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE MIGRATION DETERMINATION IN INDONESIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 150-164
Author(s):  
M. Alvi Syahrin ◽  
Pramella Y. Pasaribu
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Government Regulation ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
State Party ◽  
Community Culture ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
The Social ◽  
Directorate General ◽  
Refugees And Asylum Seekers

Indonesia is not a state party to the 1951 Convention. There are no rights and obligations attached to Indonesia for the problem of asylum seekers and seekers. Their existence will be caused by community culture. The research method used is a normative legal approach by analyzing various laws in order to get a clear answer. Based on the results of the discussion, income is referred to as follows. (i) The existence of refugees and asylum seekers in Indonesia has a negative impact on the social conditions of the Indonesian people, in the form of illegal marriages, unclear children's status, children losing civil rights. In addition, refugees often create chaos in the community, due to differences in language and culture. (ii) Legal efforts made by the Directorate General of Immigration in matters and solutions by Government Regulation Number IMI-1489.UM.08.05 of 2010 concerning Handling of Illegal Immigrants and continuing to coordinate with UNHCR for resettlement to third countries.  

scholarly journals Italian Reception Policies and Pandemic: From Exclusion to Abandonment

Two Homelands ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (54) ◽  
Author(s):  
Davide Filippi ◽  
Luca Giliberti
Keyword(s):  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
The Social ◽  
Refugees And Asylum Seekers ◽  
The Relationship

The article analyzes how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the management of reception centers for refugees and asylum seekers in Italy. By analyzing the transformation of Italian reception policies in the last years, the article shows the relationship between these changes and the condition of refugees and asylum seekers in these centers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Overcrowded housing, the absence of institutional guidance on managing the situation, and the interruption of many migrants’ migratory projects are the main findings that emerged. The article is based on digital ethnographic techniques, in addition to phone interviews with key speakers of the social contexts monitored online.

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