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Australiens Båtmigranter i Offshore Flyktingförvar - ett kritiskt rumsligt perspektiv på Operation Sovereign Borders

Laxén, Ninn LU and Palonen Uzun, Zozan LU (2021) STVA22 20202
Department of Political Science
Abstract
The Australian immigration policy Operation Sovereign Borders is based on categorically denying access to Australia for boat migrants and instead detaining them in offshore processing on the islands Manus and Nauru. The policy has both been criticized by human rights organizations and seen as an inspiration for other countries. This essay looks into how the Australian state legitimizes this policy through Carol Bacchi's WPR-method. We argue that this is done by creating space, and therefore examine the legitimation through Henri Lefebvre’s theory: The Production of Space. The findings of this essay derive a focus from the Australian state on criminalizing boat migration. By doing so and therefore painting migrants as a security threat they... (More)
The Australian immigration policy Operation Sovereign Borders is based on categorically denying access to Australia for boat migrants and instead detaining them in offshore processing on the islands Manus and Nauru. The policy has both been criticized by human rights organizations and seen as an inspiration for other countries. This essay looks into how the Australian state legitimizes this policy through Carol Bacchi's WPR-method. We argue that this is done by creating space, and therefore examine the legitimation through Henri Lefebvre’s theory: The Production of Space. The findings of this essay derive a focus from the Australian state on criminalizing boat migration. By doing so and therefore painting migrants as a security threat they legitimize confining them to offshore detention. The discourse of the legitimation presents a reductionist approach to space whilst the application of theory reads it as a social construct shaped by the power of the state. (Less)
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author
Laxén, Ninn LU and Palonen Uzun, Zozan LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVA22 20202
year
type
L2 - 2nd term paper (old degree order)
subject
keywords
Migrationsstudier, gränsstudier, Australien, Operation Sovereign Borders, immigrationspolitik, politisk diskurs, flyktingförvar, Henri Lefebvre
language
Swedish
id
9033545
date added to LUP
2021-05-11 14:50:58
date last changed
2021-05-11 14:50:58
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  abstract     = {{The Australian immigration policy Operation Sovereign Borders is based on categorically denying access to Australia for boat migrants and instead detaining them in offshore processing on the islands Manus and Nauru. The policy has both been criticized by human rights organizations and seen as an inspiration for other countries. This essay looks into how the Australian state legitimizes this policy through Carol Bacchi's WPR-method. We argue that this is done by creating space, and therefore examine the legitimation through Henri Lefebvre’s theory: The Production of Space. The findings of this essay derive a focus from the Australian state on criminalizing boat migration. By doing so and therefore painting migrants as a security threat they legitimize confining them to offshore detention. The discourse of the legitimation presents a reductionist approach to space whilst the application of theory reads it as a social construct shaped by the power of the state.}},
  author       = {{Laxén, Ninn and Palonen Uzun, Zozan}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Australiens Båtmigranter i Offshore Flyktingförvar - ett kritiskt rumsligt perspektiv på Operation Sovereign Borders}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}