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Desirable Victims. Systems of Refugee Selection in Swedish and Canadian Migration Governing

Profile:

Andreas Asplén Lundstedt, Researcher, The School of Public Administration, Gothenburg University

Abstract:
Who gets to be a refugee and why does it differ across countries? For decades, states’ attempts to control refugee migration have focused on selecting “deserving” migrants. This requires a bureaucratic capacity to classify people and render them as cases, which has led to the establishment of large state agencies. This seminar explores the origins of this rationality of selection, and its development in Canada and Sweden since the 1960’s. It discusses different ideals of the refugee which emerged in the two states, and how the governance of migration has been affected by moving from governments and agencies into administrative courts.

Short bio:

Andreas Asplén Lundstedt holds a PhD in Public Administration from the University of Gothenburg. Desirable Victims is his doctoral thesis. He is currently a researcher in the Centre on Global Migration at the University of Gothenburg, working in a comparative research project on social institutions, political governance and refugee integration.

Attendance:

This is a hybrid seminar, you are welcome to connect via Zoom or join us at MIM seminar room, floor 9, Niagara, Nordenskiöldsgatan 1. To attend on campus, please gather by the reception area at 13.05.

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