Anonymous Aliens? Questions of Identification in the Detention and Deportation of Failed Asylum Seekers

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 715-727

  Griffiths, Melanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asylum seeker; Deportation; Detention; Identification; Identity; Immigration

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ASYLUM SEEKER; BUREAUCRACY; DATABASE; IMMIGRATION;

EID: 84866144619     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.1723     Document Type: Article

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