Vulnerable to the System: Migration and Torture in Spain

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_3254
dc.contributor.author	Jubany Olga
dc.contributor.author	Pasqualetto Martina
dc.contributor.author	Rué Alèxia
dc.title	Vulnerable to the System: Migration and Torture in Spain
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	Grounded on the results of an ethnographic investigation on asylum seekers as victims of torture in Spain, this chapter analyses the governmental devices that define the reality of migrants as victims of torture. Stemming from a critical review of the concept of torture, in relation to migration in contemporary European societies, the chapter puts forward the double vulnerability to which migrants are exposed, as unprotected victims of torture in their countries of origin and as potential victims of torture on arrival to Europe. The paper argues that the precarious legal status and the failure of systems victim protection, combined with meritocratic approaches to migrant incorporation, not only fail to ensure full protection of victims of torture but, moreover, it exposes these victims to further situations of violence and exclusion.
dc.relation.ispartof	Sapere l’Europa, sapere d’Europa
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.issued	2019-12-06
dc.dateAccepted	2019-10-11
dc.dateSubmitted	2019-09-11
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-359-5/vulnerable-to-the-system-migration-and-torture-in/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-358-8/005
dc.identifier.issn	2611-0040
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9247
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-359-5
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-358-8
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Asylum seekers
dc.subject	Asylum seekers
dc.subject	Immigration
dc.subject	Immigration
dc.subject	Spain
dc.subject	Spain
dc.subject	State violence
dc.subject	State violence
dc.subject	Torture
dc.subject	Torture

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Vulnerable to the System: Migration and Torture in Spain

Olga Jubany Universitat de Barcelona, Espanya

Martina Pasqualetto University of Barcelona

Alèxia Rué Universitat de Barcelona, Espanya

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abstract

Grounded on the results of an ethnographic investigation on asylum seekers as victims of torture in Spain, this chapter analyses the governmental devices that define the reality of migrants as victims of torture. Stemming from a critical review of the concept of torture, in relation to migration in contemporary European societies, the chapter puts forward the double vulnerability to which migrants are exposed, as unprotected victims of torture in their countries of origin and as potential victims of torture on arrival to Europe. The paper argues that the precarious legal status and the failure of systems victim protection, combined with meritocratic approaches to migrant incorporation, not only fail to ensure full protection of victims of torture but, moreover, it exposes these victims to further situations of violence and exclusion.

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Dec. 6, 2019

Accepted

Oct. 11, 2019

Submitted

Sept. 11, 2019

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978-88-6969-359-5

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978-88-6969-358-8

Keywords: Spain • State violence • Immigration • Torture • Asylum seekers

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