Working for Protection? Precarious Legal Inclusion of Afghan Nationals in Germany and Switzerland

Wyss, Anna; Fischer, Carolin (2022). Working for Protection? Precarious Legal Inclusion of Afghan Nationals in Germany and Switzerland Antipode, 54(2), pp. 629-649. John Wiley & Sons 10.1111/anti.12778

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This paper engages with the violent conditions deriving from neoliberal trends in European migration and asylum governance. We explore how continuous precarity, in conjunction with an integration imperative, affects the lives of recently arrived Afghan refugees in Germany and Switzerland. Drawing on critical engagements with the politics of integration and theories of violence, we argue that, in both European countries, Afghans are increasingly forced to earn their right to remain on the basis of labour-market performance instead of obtaining humanitarian protection. Based on qualitative interview data, we show that persons with a precarious legal status are urged to fulfil neoliberal integration requirements to avoid being deported to their country of citizenship. Employing the “continuum of violence” as an analytical entry point, we specify how the interplay and consequences of structural and cultural violence manifest in the way those affected navigate precarious living conditions and uncertain futures in receiving countries.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	School of Social Work > Institute for Social and Cultural Diversity School of Social Work BFH Centres and strategic thematic fields > Thematic field "Caring Society"
Name:	Wyss, Anna and Fischer, Carolin0000-0002-5995-5114
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races
ISSN:	0066-4812
Publisher:	John Wiley & Sons
Funders:	[UNSPECIFIED] Swiss Network of International Studies (SNIS)
Projects:	[UNSPECIFIED] [En]gendering Migration, Development and Belonging
Language:	English
Submitter:	Carolin Fischer
Date Deposited:	26 Jan 2024 11:22
Last Modified:	26 Jan 2024 11:22
Publisher DOI:	10.1111/anti.12778
Uncontrolled Keywords:	asylum, legal precarity, integration, violence, neoliberalism, Afghan refu-gees
ARBOR DOI:	10.24451/arbor.20979
URI:	https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/20979