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TY - JOUR
T1 - British children associated with ISIS in camps in North-East Syria
T2 - Counter-terrorism, security and children’s rights concerns in repatriation decision-making
AU - Abbas, Madeline-Sophie
PY - 2024/12/3
Y1 - 2024/12/3
N2 - Drawing empirical insights from NGOs working on statelessness, repatriation, and children’s rights relating to children residing in al-Hol and Roj camps in North-East Syria, I explore critiques of UK government decision-making concerning repatriation amid unprecedented use of citizenship deprivation powers affecting ISIS-associated children which has enforced parent-child separation. A policy gap is created where children are unable to be returned with caregivers if citizenship is deprived. Adoption of a case-by-case approach rather than coherent policy response to repatriation prolongs children’s detainment within insecure camps. Using a critical race lens, I advance theoretical understanding of spatio-temporal logics of (in)securitisation within the context of counter-terrorism policies affecting British children in NES camps through convergence of violent conflict, citizenship deprivation, and state failure to repatriate. A children’s right approach to repatriation decision-making is required to ensure British children’s safe return and right to family.
AB - Drawing empirical insights from NGOs working on statelessness, repatriation, and children’s rights relating to children residing in al-Hol and Roj camps in North-East Syria, I explore critiques of UK government decision-making concerning repatriation amid unprecedented use of citizenship deprivation powers affecting ISIS-associated children which has enforced parent-child separation. A policy gap is created where children are unable to be returned with caregivers if citizenship is deprived. Adoption of a case-by-case approach rather than coherent policy response to repatriation prolongs children’s detainment within insecure camps. Using a critical race lens, I advance theoretical understanding of spatio-temporal logics of (in)securitisation within the context of counter-terrorism policies affecting British children in NES camps through convergence of violent conflict, citizenship deprivation, and state failure to repatriate. A children’s right approach to repatriation decision-making is required to ensure British children’s safe return and right to family.
U2 - 10.1080/01419870.2024.2431163
DO - 10.1080/01419870.2024.2431163
M3 - Journal article
JO - Ethnic and Racial Studies
JF - Ethnic and Racial Studies
SN - 0141-9870
ER -