Counterterrorism rhetoric, the deterrence paradigm, and the end of asylum: an antipodean viewpoint
Billings, Peter
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2021
Verfassungsblog
2021-11-16
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The Australian government’s agenda of progressive border securitization was, initially, sustained by counter-terrorism rhetoric. However, the focus of concern has shifted away from the potential terrorist threat posed by asylum seekers towards deterring unauthorised maritime migration. Though the nexus between terrorism and asylum lacks an empirical basis in Australia, certain laws, policies and practices premised on counterterrorism in 2001 endure to this day – offshore processing of asylum seekers arriving by sea, notably. I argue that Australia’s deterrence model has had a negative ‘signalling effect’ on some European states’ contemporary asylum policies and practice.
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Billings, Peter
asylum
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https://verfassungsblog.de/os2-end-of-asylum/
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