A Matter of Time: Enacting the Exclusion of Onshore Refugee Applicants through the Reform and Acceleration of Refugee Determination Processes

<p>State-based processes for determining refugee claims are crucial sites of inclusion or exclusion for onshore refugee applicants. This paper argues that cultures of disbelief and exclusion towards onshore refugee applicants are increasingly being enacted indirectly, via procedural reforms to...

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Main Author: Anthea Vogl
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Published: Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law 2016-03-01
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description <p>State-based processes for determining refugee claims are crucial sites of inclusion or exclusion for onshore refugee applicants. This paper argues that cultures of disbelief and exclusion towards onshore refugee applicants are increasingly being enacted indirectly, via procedural reforms to Refugee Status Determination (RSD), which limit the ability of applicants to establish and articulate their claims. Focusing on Australia and Canada, this paper tracks the acceleration and truncation of RSD procedures, which first reflect and then frequently achieve the exclusion of onshore applicants. Two sets of reforms in particular have profoundly limited the terms on which applicants may present their claims. In Canada, this occurred as the result of a major overhaul of RSD that took place in December 2012. In Australia, the policy of &lsquo;enhanced screening&rsquo; of applicants achieves the immediate screening-out of certain claims from the Australian determination system. Alongside analysing these reforms as a means of exclusion, this paper argues that the new procedures most disadvantage applicants making claims on the basis of gender-related persecution.</p> <hr /><p>Los procesos estatales para resolver las concesiones de asilo son situaciones cruciales para la inclusi&oacute;n o exclusi&oacute;n de los solicitantes de asilo una vez est&aacute;n en el territorio de acogida. Este art&iacute;culo defiende que cada vez m&aacute;s, se est&aacute; promulgando indirectamente la cultura de la desconfianza y exclusi&oacute;n hacia los solicitantes de asilo, a trav&eacute;s de reformas procesuales de la Determinaci&oacute;n del Estatus de Refugiado (DER), lo que limita la capacidad de los solicitantes para establecer y articular sus demandas de asilo. Centr&aacute;ndose en Australia y Canad&aacute;, este art&iacute;culo realiza un seguimiento de la aceleraci&oacute;n y el truncamiento de los procedimientos de DER que primero reflejan y despu&eacute;s a menudo consiguen la exclusi&oacute;n de los solicitantes en el propio territorio de acogida. Dos grupos de reformas en particular han limitado profundamente las condiciones en las que los demandantes pueden presentar sus solicitudes. En Canad&aacute; esto ocurri&oacute; debido a una revisi&oacute;n importante de DER que se dio en diciembre de 2012. En Australia, la pol&iacute;tica de cribado mejorado de los solicitantes consigue la exclusi&oacute;n inmediata de determinadas solicitudes del sistema de determinaci&oacute;n australiano. Adem&aacute;s de analizar estas reformas como medio de exclusi&oacute;n, este art&iacute;culo defiende que los nuevos procedimientos perjudican especialmente a los demandantes que realizan la solicitud en base a una persecuci&oacute;n por motivos de g&eacute;nero.</p> <p><strong>DOWNLOAD THIS PAPER FROM SSRN</strong>: <a href="http://ssrn.com/abstract=2662547" target="_blank">http://ssrn.com/abstract=2662547</a></p>
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spelling doaj.art-5b4069f71bae4eaf89113e7f4cd355f02022-12-21T20:29:45ZengOñati International Institute for the Sociology of LawOñati Socio-Legal Series2079-59712016-03-0161137162642A Matter of Time: Enacting the Exclusion of Onshore Refugee Applicants through the Reform and Acceleration of Refugee Determination ProcessesAnthea Vogl0University of Technology, Sydney<p>State-based processes for determining refugee claims are crucial sites of inclusion or exclusion for onshore refugee applicants. This paper argues that cultures of disbelief and exclusion towards onshore refugee applicants are increasingly being enacted indirectly, via procedural reforms to Refugee Status Determination (RSD), which limit the ability of applicants to establish and articulate their claims. Focusing on Australia and Canada, this paper tracks the acceleration and truncation of RSD procedures, which first reflect and then frequently achieve the exclusion of onshore applicants. Two sets of reforms in particular have profoundly limited the terms on which applicants may present their claims. In Canada, this occurred as the result of a major overhaul of RSD that took place in December 2012. In Australia, the policy of &lsquo;enhanced screening&rsquo; of applicants achieves the immediate screening-out of certain claims from the Australian determination system. Alongside analysing these reforms as a means of exclusion, this paper argues that the new procedures most disadvantage applicants making claims on the basis of gender-related persecution.</p> <hr /><p>Los procesos estatales para resolver las concesiones de asilo son situaciones cruciales para la inclusi&oacute;n o exclusi&oacute;n de los solicitantes de asilo una vez est&aacute;n en el territorio de acogida. Este art&iacute;culo defiende que cada vez m&aacute;s, se est&aacute; promulgando indirectamente la cultura de la desconfianza y exclusi&oacute;n hacia los solicitantes de asilo, a trav&eacute;s de reformas procesuales de la Determinaci&oacute;n del Estatus de Refugiado (DER), lo que limita la capacidad de los solicitantes para establecer y articular sus demandas de asilo. Centr&aacute;ndose en Australia y Canad&aacute;, este art&iacute;culo realiza un seguimiento de la aceleraci&oacute;n y el truncamiento de los procedimientos de DER que primero reflejan y despu&eacute;s a menudo consiguen la exclusi&oacute;n de los solicitantes en el propio territorio de acogida. Dos grupos de reformas en particular han limitado profundamente las condiciones en las que los demandantes pueden presentar sus solicitudes. En Canad&aacute; esto ocurri&oacute; debido a una revisi&oacute;n importante de DER que se dio en diciembre de 2012. En Australia, la pol&iacute;tica de cribado mejorado de los solicitantes consigue la exclusi&oacute;n inmediata de determinadas solicitudes del sistema de determinaci&oacute;n australiano. Adem&aacute;s de analizar estas reformas como medio de exclusi&oacute;n, este art&iacute;culo defiende que los nuevos procedimientos perjudican especialmente a los demandantes que realizan la solicitud en base a una persecuci&oacute;n por motivos de g&eacute;nero.</p> <p><strong>DOWNLOAD THIS PAPER FROM SSRN</strong>: <a href="http://ssrn.com/abstract=2662547" target="_blank">http://ssrn.com/abstract=2662547</a></p>http://ssrn.com/abstract=2662547Migrationrefugee lawgendergender-based harmborder politicsrefugee status determinationMigraciónderecho de refugiadosdaño por cuestiones de géneropolítica de fronteradeterminación del estatus de refugiado
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A Matter of Time: Enacting the Exclusion of Onshore Refugee Applicants through the Reform and Acceleration of Refugee Determination Processes
Oñati Socio-Legal Series
Migration
refugee law
gender
gender-based harm
border politics
refugee status determination
Migración
derecho de refugiados
daño por cuestiones de género
política de frontera
determinación del estatus de refugiado
title A Matter of Time: Enacting the Exclusion of Onshore Refugee Applicants through the Reform and Acceleration of Refugee Determination Processes
title_full A Matter of Time: Enacting the Exclusion of Onshore Refugee Applicants through the Reform and Acceleration of Refugee Determination Processes
title_fullStr A Matter of Time: Enacting the Exclusion of Onshore Refugee Applicants through the Reform and Acceleration of Refugee Determination Processes
title_full_unstemmed A Matter of Time: Enacting the Exclusion of Onshore Refugee Applicants through the Reform and Acceleration of Refugee Determination Processes
title_short A Matter of Time: Enacting the Exclusion of Onshore Refugee Applicants through the Reform and Acceleration of Refugee Determination Processes
title_sort matter of time enacting the exclusion of onshore refugee applicants through the reform and acceleration of refugee determination processes
topic Migration
refugee law
gender
gender-based harm
border politics
refugee status determination
Migración
derecho de refugiados
daño por cuestiones de género
política de frontera
determinación del estatus de refugiado
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