Crimmigration, imprisonment and racist violence: narratives of people seeking asylum in Great Britain

Monish Bhatia

doi:10.1177/1440783319882533

Crimmigration, imprisonment and racist violence: narratives of people seeking asylum in Great Britain

Monish Bhatia

Sociology

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Abstract

The past five decades have witnessed a dramatic growth in immigration controls. The external controls have expanded, but at the same time, there has been a proliferation of internal control measures. The British state has increasingly resorted to using penal machinery to punish people who violate immigration laws. Individuals can now be prosecuted under the criminal law and receive custodial sentences for immigration crimes. This article draws upon narratives, interviews and experiences of asylum seekers who were imprisoned for such crimes, in order to understand how their trauma is exacerbated and ways in which injuries are strategically and deliberately inflicted by the state and built within legal and policy frameworks. It draws attention to the racist nature of the crimmigration system and production of violence.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	36-52
Number of pages	17
Journal	Journal of Sociology
Volume	56
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1440783319882533
Publication status	Published - 20 Mar 2020

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Accepted for publication by Sage Journals. Reuses restricted to non-commercial and no derivatives.

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