Contemporary Asylum Policies between Human Rights Advocacy and Responsibility Outsourcing: the Cases of Australia and Canada

Lorenz Neuberger

doi:10.5771/0175-274X-2016-1-29

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- I–IV Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis I–IV
- 1–65 MIGRATION, SICHERHEIT UND FRIEDEN 1–65
  - 1–19 Migranten und Flüchtlinge als Herausforderung für Deutschland und Europa Patricia Schneider Patricia Schneider 1–19
  - 20–28 Migration im Spannungsfeld von Raumwandel, Kontrolle und Gewalt: Herausforderungen für eine kritische Friedensforschung Sven Chojnacki, Lisa Paping Sven Chojnacki, Lisa Paping 20–28
  - 29–37 Contemporary Asylum Policies between Human Rights Advocacy and Responsibility Outsourcing: the Cases of Australia and Canada Lorenz Neuberger Lorenz Neuberger 29–37
  - 38–45 Alleged Terrorists, Refugees and Radicalized Muslims in Europe: a Wicked Discursive Conjunction Katharina Götsch Katharina Götsch 38–45
  - 46–51 Konflikt-Flucht-Nexus: Globales Ausmaß, genderbezogene Auswirkungen und politische Relevanz Ulrike Krause Ulrike Krause 46–51
  - 52–59 Local Solutions for Displaced Populations – Alternatives to a “Transit”-Generation’s Time “in-limbo” Kathryn Tätzsch Kathryn Tätzsch 52–59
  - 60–65 Climate Change and Planned Relocation in Oceania Volker Boege Volker Boege 60–65
- 66–80 FORUM 66–80
  - Standpunkte aus der Politik zu Migration, Sicherheit und Frieden Olaf Scholz, Norbert Neuser, Birgit Sippel, Joachim Herrmann, David McAllister, Michael Gahler, Gregor Gysi, Cornelia Ernst, Alexander S. Neu, Reinhardt Bütikofer Olaf Scholz, Norbert Neuser, Birgit Sippel, Joachim Herrmann, David McAllister, Michael Gahler, Gregor Gysi, Cornelia Ernst, Alexander S. Neu, Reinhardt Bütikofer
- 80–88 DOKUMENTATION 80–88
  - 80–84 Nachruf: Helmut Schmidt: Staatsmann, Stratege, Reformer der Bundeswehr Michael Staack Michael Staack 80–84
  - 85–88 “Weißbücher“ haben ausgedient! Plädoyer für ein friedens- und sicherheitspolitisches Grundlagendokument der Bundesregierung 85–88
- 89–89 NEUERSCHEINUNGEN 89–89
- 90–96 BESPRECHUNGEN 90–96
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Contemporary Asylum Policies between Human Rights Advocacy and Responsibility Outsourcing: the Cases of Australia and Canada

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Lorenz Neuberger

DOI
- doi.org/10.5771/0175-274X-2016-1-29
- ISSN: 0175-274X
- ISSN online: 0175-274x
Abstract

Governments often walk a fine line between measures designed to decrease the ‘spontaneous’ influx of asylum seekers and their attempts to avoid credibility losses as human rights advocates. Recent developments in Australia and Canada show that their governments have been relying on the following interrelated strategies that allow them to partially solve the resulting consistency problem: (1) Using refugee resettlement to present themselves as protectors of the right to asylum, while (2) trying to impede ‘spontaneous arrivals’ through strict border regimes and harsh conditions aiming at deterrence, and at the same time (3) distancing themselves from the implementation of related measures. The findings of this article indicate that, by delegating morally questionable tasks and thus outsourcing responsibility for the ‘dirty work’, the governments of both Australia and Canada attempt to avoid loss of image and balance their humanitarian obligations with policies - more or less explicitly - aiming at controlling and decreasing the admission of asylum seekers.
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