New Article out now, and it is open access! (http:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s12142-016-0442-2?wt_mc=Internal.Event.1.SEM.ArticleAuthorOnlineFirst)<\/p>\n
Through an analysis of 100 asylum decisions and 10 interviews with 20 asylum officers at the Swedish Migration Agency this article reveals two intricate processes through which children\u2019s rights are displaced in the Swedish asylum process; by overlooking children\u2019s individual claims for asylum through a circle of neglect, and negating children\u2019s best interests. The article demonstrates how the balancing act between migration control on one hand and children\u2019s rights on the other hand plays out in the asylum process, which results in a double displacement; the children are not adult enough to be addressed as asylum seekers and not children enough to deserve qualification as bearer of children\u2019s rights. An in-depth analysis of everyday practices at institutions applying children\u2019s rights is essential both to understand the reproduction of discrepancies between rights on paper and rights in practice, and to explore the potential of rights to disrupt oppressive vehicles of power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New Article out now, and it is open access! (http:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s12142-016-0442-2?wt_mc=Internal.Event.1.SEM.ArticleAuthorOnlineFirst) Through an analysis of 100 asylum decisions and 10 interviews with 20 asylum officers at the Swedish Migration Agency this article reveals two intricate processes through which children\u2019s rights are displaced in the Swedish asylum process; by overlooking children\u2019s individual claims for asylum through a … <\/p>\n