http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/e306f00f42748be3 https://verfassungsblog.de/shame-migration-law/ Shame and Shamelessness in Migration and Refugee Law - Mapping Out the Relationship Kmak, Magdalena eng 2026-10-22 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 asylum Asylum Law asylum procedure Asylum Proceedings Migration Migration Governance migration law refugees Shame Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 States are increasingly trying to renegotiate the foundations of refugee protection, including the right to seek asylum and the principle of non-refoulement. Emotions shape both the adoption and the interpretation of these laws. So far, research has focused on compassion and fear, but has largely left out shame. Yet shame, shaming and shamelessness shape the international refugee protection system: shame acts as its moral guide, and it is also used to sustain racialised and gendered hierarchies within it.