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"It was Like a Tsunami": Challenges for Refugee Third-Sector Organizations at a Time of Repressive Asylum Policies

Lookup NU author(s): Professor Cathrine DegnenORCiD, Dr Silvia PasquettiORCiD

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Abstract

Based on an innovative method of knowledge exchange with two third-sector organizations working with asylum migrants in Newcastle and Parma, we examine how each has reoriented what they consider as sanctuary-building work in response to repressive state asylum policies. This includes focusing on language and communication due to increasingly troubling anti-migration discourses that make the once unspeakable now speakable in both countries. Second, in response to different local government politics, they have sought different relationships with local institutions: autonomy in Parma and collaboration in Newcastle. The conclusion discusses how autonomous third-sector initiatives have more potential to build long-term sanctuary than those pursued through institutional collaboration.

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Author(s): Degnen C, Pasquetti S, Barnes H, Marchetti C, Rossi M

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees

Year: 2025

Volume: 41

Issue: 1

Pages: 1-16

Online publication date: 06/11/2025

Acceptance date: 24/08/2025

Date deposited: 21/11/2025

ISSN (print): 0229-5113

ISSN (electronic): 1920-7336

Publisher: York University; Center for Refugee Studies

URL: https://doi.org/10.25071/1920-7336.41450

DOI: 10.25071/1920-7336.41450

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