| Autor: |
Devyani Prabhat, Marie Louise Seeberg |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2024 |
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| Zdroj: |
Comparative Migration Studies, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2214-594X |
| DOI: |
10.1186/s40878-024-00394-z |
| Popis: |
Abstract Applying nation branding literature and the work of Erving Goffman on dramaturgy to the situation of asylum-seeking children in Norway and in the UK, this paper develops a comparative framework for understanding why child rights appear to be de-prioritised in the current climate of ‘migration control’. The paper identifies historically grounded differential approaches towards child rights and children in the two countries, which currently appear to merge into a common trajectory of migration control, framed in terms of national security and economic productivity. It explores similar tensions in both countries between the discourses of national migration management on the one hand and children's welfare and rights on the other. It finds that universal rights which should protect the welfare of all children are limited and fragmented by ideas of nationalism and foreignness. Despite a more robust legal framework for child rights, Norway is on a similar pathway as the UK; a worrying indictment of how nations fulfil their obligations towards children. |
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