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SUMMARY:Entangled Lives: The Everyday Experience of African Asylum Seekers 
 in Hong Kong (MA Project) 
DESCRIPTION:If you would like to join the Zoom session\, please contact s.b
 urri@unibas.ch.\\r\\nOver the last twenty years\, Hong Kong has become a f
 avoured destination for asylum seekers from across the world. The city sta
 te has lax entry and visa requirements and is relatively easily accessible
  for most nationalities. People seeking refuge in Hong Kong are often perc
 eived as an economic threat and granted only an absolute minimum of humani
 tarian protection and assistance. The government has repeatedly reiterated
  that it strictly refuses to grant asylum or to assess the refugee status 
 of anyone. Based on (participant) observation and semi-structured intervie
 ws conducted during fieldwork in Hong Kong\, this thesis examines how Hong
  Kong's strict asylum regime shapes the everyday experience of African asy
 lum seekers. As a consequence of seeking asylum\, people experience their 
 lives through bureaucratic entanglement with a regime that attempts to exc
 lude them from citizenship in a totalitarian way. But the everyday reality
  of African asylum seekers goes beyond this regime. Even though their live
 s are intricately enmeshed with the rules and regulations\, they are never
  fully controlled by the asylum system. African asylum seekers remain prod
 ucers of their own lives\, actively finding ways to make a living\, negoti
 ating their feeling of home\, and creating new perspectives while they wai
 t.
X-ALT-DESC:<p>If you would like to join the Zoom session\, please contact s
 .burri@unibas.ch.</p>\n<p>Over the last twenty years\, Hong Kong has becom
 e a favoured destination for asylum seekers from across the world. The cit
 y state has lax entry and visa requirements and is relatively easily acces
 sible for most nationalities. People seeking refuge in Hong Kong are often
  perceived as an economic threat and granted only an absolute minimum of h
 umanitarian protection and assistance. The government has repeatedly reite
 rated that it strictly refuses to grant asylum or to assess the refugee st
 atus of anyone. Based on (participant) observation and semi-structured int
 erviews conducted during fieldwork in Hong Kong\, this thesis examines how
  Hong Kong's strict asylum regime shapes the everyday experience of Africa
 n asylum seekers. As a consequence of seeking asylum\, people experience t
 heir lives through bureaucratic entanglement with a regime that attempts t
 o exclude them from citizenship in a totalitarian way. But the everyday re
 ality of African asylum seekers goes beyond this regime. Even though their
  lives are intricately enmeshed with the rules and regulations\, they are 
 never fully controlled by the asylum system. African asylum seekers remain
  producers of their own lives\, actively finding ways to make a living\, n
 egotiating their feeling of home\, and creating new perspectives while the
 y wait.</p>
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