Asylum Policy, Boat People and Political Discourse Boats, Votes and
This book compares the policies of Australia and Italy towards boat people who have arrived in the two countries since the early 1990s. While the regular and varied inflow of immigrants arriving at national airports, ferry terminals and train stations is
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IRIAL GLYNN
Asylum Policy, Boat People and Political Discourse
Irial Glynn
Asylum Policy, Boat People and Political Discourse Boats, Votes and Asylum in Australia and Italy
Irial Glynn Institute for History Leiden University The Netherlands
ISBN 978-1-137-51732-6 ISBN 978-1-137-51733-3 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-51733-3
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PREFACE
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The reception of boat people pits states’ international and national duties against one another. If states implement harsh measures on boat people, they are attacked for their perceived inhumanity. If a country introduces a ‘humanitarian’ reception policy, the number of boat people arriving can arguably be more than that state can accommodate. The use of force against boat people, often portrayed as vulnerable migrants fleeing humanitarian disasters and conflicts, is difficult to justify. If the number of boat people involved is arguably not that small and these migrants cannot be easily absorbed into the host society, harsh actions against boat people may become more defendable. But what defines ‘small’ and how does one categorise ‘easily absorbed’? These kinds of arguments are invoked today in discussions about boat people arriving in southern Europe, which have increased in intensity since this book was completed in October 2015, but variants have also dominated debates about boat people in Australia and Italy since 1989. Over 5 years ago, I defended my PhD
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