Policing undocumented migrants : law, violence and responsibility /

Policing undocumented migrants : law, violence and responsibility / Louise Boon-Kuo.

"Migration policing experiments such as boat turn-backs and offshore refugee processing have been criticised as unlawful and have been characterised as exceptional. Policing Undocumented Migrants explores the extraordinarily routine, powerful, and above all lawful practices engaged in policing...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Boon-Kuo, Louise (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.
Series:International and comparative criminal justice.
Subjects:
Noncitizens > Government policy > Australia.
Noncitizens > Australia > Social conditions.
Detention of persons > Australia.
Emigration and immigration law > Australia.
Detention of persons.
Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
Emigration and immigration law.
Undocumented immigrants.
Australia > Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
Australia.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : migrant illegality in legal records
  • Borders of responsibility
  • "You're just kidnapped" : immigration "arrests" and detention
  • Raids, searches and rapid removals
  • "Mums", "mafia" and "ransom money" : release from immigration detention
  • Profiling bad character
  • Conclusion : "the umbrella of legality."

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