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Gendered harm and structural violence in the British asylum system

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Published
Publication date30/03/2017
Place of PublicationLondon
PublisherRoutledge
Number of pages193
ISBN (electronic)9781317520603
ISBN (print)9781138854659, 9780367199050
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Publication series

NameRoutledge Studies in Criminal Justice, Borders and Citizenship
PublisherRoutledge

Abstract

Britain is often heralded as a country in which the rights and welfare of survivors of conflict and persecution are well embedded, and where the standard of living conditions for those seeking asylum is relatively high. Drawing on a decade of activism and research in the North West of England, this book contends that, on the contrary, conditions are often structurally violent. For survivors of gendered violence, harm inflicted throughout the process of seeking asylum can be intersectional and compound the impacts of previous experiences of violent continuums. The everyday threat of detention and deportation; poor housing and inadequate welfare access; and systemic cuts to domestic and sexual violence support all contribute to a temporal limbo which limits women’s personal autonomy and access to basic human rights. By reflecting on evidence from interviews, focus groups, activist participation and oral history, Gendered Harm and Structural Violence provides a unique insight into the everyday impacts of policy and practice that arguably result in the infliction of further gendered harms on survivors of violence and persecution. Of interest to students and scholars of criminology, zemiology, sociology, human rights, migration policy, state violence and gender, this book develops on and adds to the expanding literatures around immigration, crimmigration and asylum.

Bibliographic note

Publisher Copyright: © 2017 Victoria Canning.