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dc.contributor.author | DeBono, Daniela | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-02-20T07:55:40Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2017-02-20T07:55:40Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | DeBono, D. (2013). ‘Less than human’: the detention of irregular immigrants in Malta. Race & Class, 55(2), 60-81. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/16628 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The treatment of irregular migrants in Malta is problematic from a human rights perspective, for it contravenes the principle of universalism that is intrinsic to human rights philosophy. Malta is unusual among states in that it imposes mandatory detention on such migrants, including asylum seekers. Based on a reading of foundational documents of the modern human rights movement, especially the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the article argues that the principle of human dignity underlies the concept of human rights, but that the bypassing of this principle enables the Maltese government to continue its detention policies while claiming to uphold human rights. It is an approach contested by NGOs in this area, which point to the dehumanising effects of detention on migrants. It is not just the appalling conditions in which migrants are held that renders their lives miserable, but the dehumanisation produced by detention itself. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Sage | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Malta -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy | en_GB |
dc.subject | Malta -- Emigration and immigration | en_GB |
dc.subject | Human rights | en_GB |
dc.subject | Emigration and immigration law -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Immigrants -- Civil rights -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Immigrants -- Social conditions -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.title | 'Less than human': the detention of irregular immigrants in Malta | en_GB |
dc.type | article | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | peer-reviewed | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306396813497880 | - |
Appears in Collections: | Melitensia Works - ERCPSEI |
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