IAS Vulnerability Seminar: Narratives of Vulnerability
by Kate Smith (University of Huddersfield)
7 February 2018
Narratives of Vulnerability: Rethinking stories about the figure of the refugee in Europe
The role of vulnerability in relation to mechanisms of governance and social welfare practices has received growing interest, but how ‘vulnerability’ is operationalised in asylum policy is less well understood. This paper explores narratives of vulnerability in relation to the figure of the refugee in Europe.