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Causes and Consequences of Migrant Criminalization (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
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Causes and Consequences of Migrant Criminalization (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Series: Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice, 81
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The book illustrates how the trend of associating migrants and
refugees with criminality is on the rise. In political discourses
and popular media alike, migrants and refugees are frequently
portrayed as being dangerous, while cultures intent on welcoming
newcomers are increasingly seen as being naive, and providing
assistance to migrants is more and more frequently subject to
administrative or criminal penalties. At the same time,
nondemocratic trends and practices that violate human rights and
equality are gaining momentum in Europe, the US and Australia.
Racism, xenophobia and anti-Islamism are simultaneously becoming
more open and public; they are no longer restricted to clandestine
platforms but are increasingly being mainstreamed into the
political programs of parties that are entering both the EU
parliaments and member state legislatures. Similar developments can
be seen in the US and Australia. Such transformations in societies,
governments, and institutions seem to reflect a growing amnesia
regarding the lessons of the two World Wars of the 20th century,
and the role that Europe, the US and Australia played in developing
a post-war legal framework based on a shared, if imperfect,
commitment to human rights. The book presents individual national
analyses to reveal an emerging trend of "crimmigration" regardless
of the peculiarities of national legislatures and internal
political dynamics. By collecting original contributions from
scholars based in and focused on each of these regions, it
addresses above all the causes and impacts of the criminalization
of migration in the early 21st century. It tackles the direct
causes of these trends and encourages readers to rethink their
broader political and socio-historic context. Importantly, the book
does so by highlighting the ties between the criminalization of
migration and equality, racism, and xenophobia. As the politics of
migration become more perilous for political alliances like the EU
as well for individual migrants, it is more important than ever to
critically examine the cause and consequences of migrant
criminalization. This collection does so from a variety of
disciplinary perspectives and political traditions, seeking to
overcome the distractions of charismatic politicians and the
peculiar factions of national political systems, in order to reveal
the underlying trends and disturbing patterns that are of interest
to a broad, internationally-focused audience.
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