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Technologies of Control and Infrastructures of Redistribution
Martina Tazzioli and Oana Pârvan
Invoking a term from Tiziana Terranova, participatory confinement in refugee humanitarianism can also be considered a form of “soft control.” Asylum seekers are increasingly asked to answer questionnaires and provide detailed information to humanitarian actors about their coping strategies, migratory journeys, the logistics of border crossing, and their protection needs. These activities are presented to refugees as an opportunity to improve their individual situation and, at the same time, the asylum system at large; in actuality, they just increase the control that the system has over refugees.
e-flux Journal
Posted: December 15, 2021
Category
Technology, Labor & Work, Economy, Migration & Immigration
Subjects
Refugees