dc.contributor.advisor |
Hoadley, S |
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dc.contributor.author |
White, Hannah |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2017-05-17T21:30:23Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2017 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/32926 |
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dc.description.abstract |
There is a tension influencing asylum policy in liberal democratic states. Rather than a simple binary tension affecting open or restrictive asylum policy, this tension is complex. The national interests, rights and obligations of states, the role of international norms, and human and moral concerns, as well as the experiences of citizens within liberal democratic states, form an entangled web of influences on the policies and practices governing the entrance and integration of asylum seekers. I explore the scholarly research concerned with the composition and manifestation of this complex tension and then apply the academic literature to the case study of Germany during the recent European migrant crisis. The German case study gives context to the academic literature and provides evidence validating the existence and influence of the identified tension. In demonstrating the existence and consequences of this tension in Germany asylum policy, I also extend previous arguments by noting the changing regional and international context and thus the evolving influence of the tension on not only German but also EU asylum policy. Since the Refugee Convention came into force in 1951, in the ensuing halfcentury the integration of European states into the EU, and the evolution of the international and regional environment have broadened and added complexity to the way asylum policy is considered and implemented. This has occurred alongside the conflation of asylum policy with other policy areas, such as defence and intelligence. The key policy decision in Germany to introduce an open door policy to Syrian asylum seekers in September 2015 is a prominent example illustrating the arguments I make in regard to the existence and increasing influence of the complex tensions shaping asylum policy in Germany, Europe, and other parts of the world. |
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dc.publisher |
ResearchSpace@Auckland |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
Masters Thesis - University of Auckland |
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dc.relation.isreferencedby |
UoA99264933413202091 |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.rights.uri |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/nz/ |
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dc.title |
Asylum in Tension: Germany and the European Migrant Crisis |
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dc.type |
Thesis |
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thesis.degree.discipline |
Politics and International Relations |
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thesis.degree.grantor |
The University of Auckland |
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thesis.degree.level |
Masters |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: The author |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess |
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pubs.elements-id |
626157 |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2017-05-18 |
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dc.identifier.wikidata |
Q112935247 |
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