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Asylsökandes rättigheter : en analys av mänskliga rättigheter inom svensk asylmottagning.

Karlsson, Rebecka LU (2014) MRSG20 20132
Human Rights Studies
Abstract
Do asylum seekers hold human rights or are human rights bound to citizenship? That is the main underlying question that this essay is trying to answer. The chosen material is an investigation made by the Swedish government about the situation surrounding asylum seekers in Sweden. The analysis consists of the politics around migration, different parts of an asylum seeker’s life and what kind of development Sweden needs to do. The result of the analysis tells us that the image Sweden gives out is in many ways double-sided. There is a significant tension between the good of the nation and the best interest of the individual. In many ways Sweden seems to see and take the responsibility that general human rights obliges them to do, but here and... (More)
Do asylum seekers hold human rights or are human rights bound to citizenship? That is the main underlying question that this essay is trying to answer. The chosen material is an investigation made by the Swedish government about the situation surrounding asylum seekers in Sweden. The analysis consists of the politics around migration, different parts of an asylum seeker’s life and what kind of development Sweden needs to do. The result of the analysis tells us that the image Sweden gives out is in many ways double-sided. There is a significant tension between the good of the nation and the best interest of the individual. In many ways Sweden seems to see and take the responsibility that general human rights obliges them to do, but here and there the investigation shows a nationalist, conditional view of asylum seekers as guests with limited access to the services and benefits of the nation. (Less)
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author
Karlsson, Rebecka LU
supervisor
organization
course
MRSG20 20132
year
type
L2 - 2nd term paper (old degree order)
subject
keywords
Mänskliga rättigheter, Human rights
language
Swedish
id
4230953
date added to LUP
2014-03-10 09:48:50
date last changed
2014-09-04 08:27:40
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  abstract     = {{Do asylum seekers hold human rights or are human rights bound to citizenship? That is the main underlying question that this essay is trying to answer. The chosen material is an investigation made by the Swedish government about the situation surrounding asylum seekers in Sweden. The analysis consists of the politics around migration, different parts of an asylum seeker’s life and what kind of development Sweden needs to do. The result of the analysis tells us that the image Sweden gives out is in many ways double-sided. There is a significant tension between the good of the nation and the best interest of the individual. In many ways Sweden seems to see and take the responsibility that general human rights obliges them to do, but here and there the investigation shows a nationalist, conditional view of asylum seekers as guests with limited access to the services and benefits of the nation.}},
  author       = {{Karlsson, Rebecka}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Asylsökandes rättigheter : en analys av mänskliga rättigheter inom svensk asylmottagning.}},
  year         = {{2014}},
}