Creating uncertainty in the governance of arrival and return: target-group constructions in Bavarian AnkER facilities
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In: Journal of Refugee Studies, Vol. 34, No. 4, 01.12.2021, p. 3590-3607.
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T1 - Creating uncertainty in the governance of arrival and return: target-group constructions in Bavarian AnkER facilities
AU - Münch, Sybille
PY - 2021/12/1
Y1 - 2021/12/1
N2 - Germany remains the number one destination for migrants in Europe. After 2015, following a backlash, burdens on municipalities and the inefficiency of the processing of asylum claims were widely problematized, as was the termination of residence and return of those deemed irregular migrants. Policymakers presented so-called AnkER centres, an acronym for central reception, decision-making, and repatriation facilities that translates as ‘anchor’ in German, as a solution that would accelerate procedures. Drawing from an interpretive case study of the AnkER pilots in Bavaria/Germany, we scrutinize meaning-making as reflected in contested constructions of target groups and identify the complex rationales of belonging shared by different ‘communities of meaning’ that pose a challenge to the promise of certainty declared in official documents.
AB - Germany remains the number one destination for migrants in Europe. After 2015, following a backlash, burdens on municipalities and the inefficiency of the processing of asylum claims were widely problematized, as was the termination of residence and return of those deemed irregular migrants. Policymakers presented so-called AnkER centres, an acronym for central reception, decision-making, and repatriation facilities that translates as ‘anchor’ in German, as a solution that would accelerate procedures. Drawing from an interpretive case study of the AnkER pilots in Bavaria/Germany, we scrutinize meaning-making as reflected in contested constructions of target groups and identify the complex rationales of belonging shared by different ‘communities of meaning’ that pose a challenge to the promise of certainty declared in official documents.
KW - Politics
KW - uncertainty
KW - interpretive policy analysis
KW - belonging
KW - return
KW - target-group construction
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85125366143&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1093/jrs/feab104
DO - 10.1093/jrs/feab104
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 34
SP - 3590
EP - 3607
JO - Journal of Refugee Studies
JF - Journal of Refugee Studies
SN - 0951-6328
IS - 4
ER -