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Introduction to the Israeli Asylum System. November 12, 2012 Dr. Tally Kritzman-Amir The Academic Center of Law and Business. Underlying Exclusionary Logic. Discoursive exclusion through Lack of reference to asylum seekers as a discrete category. Asylum seekers excluded from statistics.
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Introduction to the Israeli Asylum System November 12, 2012 Dr. Tally Kritzman-Amir The Academic Center of Law and Business
Underlying Exclusionary Logic • Discoursive exclusion through Lack of reference to asylum seekers as a discrete category. • Asylum seekers excluded from statistics. • Asylum seekers are excluded from the rights discourse. • Access to RSD system is partial (at best). • Unusually low recognition rates, only few refugees recognized each year. • Multiple Exclusionary practices in which the coercive force of the state is applied.
Continuum of Rights to Categories of Immigrants Enemy Nationals, Palestinians, Asylum Seekers
Exculsionary Practices Three layers of exclusion: 1. External exclusion - the border fence 2. Semi-internal exclusion - the detention facility 3. Internal exclusion – precarious living arrangements, exclusionary bureaucratic practices
Rule of Law Human Rights Public expenditure and judicial time Morality