“This child, whose bone age is fourteen . . .” Ethical dimensions of skeletal age assessment

Altınay, Rüstem Ertuğ

doi:10.2979/fab.2009.2.1.165

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“…In his encounter with the German immigration regime, Walid's body was unable to prove his true age resulting in immediate exclusion from legal protection as a minor. During age assessment, his body was “objectified” and became “merely a source of evidence that facilitates legal mechanisms” (Altinay, 2009: 170). Walid had to realise that to count as a minor was “open to interpretation, negotiation and manipulation” (McLaughlin, 2018: 1764) with severe consequences for his life.…”

Section: Failing To Prove Vulnerability Through the Bodymentioning

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Embodying legal precarity: Living with ongoing short‐term protection in Germany

Suerbaum

2021

International Migration

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Immigration regimes pay particular attention to the migrant’s body in the process of legal and bureaucratic inscription. Legal precarity, defined by the repeated reception of short‐term protection from deportation, is an existential and deeply embodied experience. The analysis of Schwangerschaftsduldung (temporary suspension of deportation based on pregnancy) and protection for unaccompanied minors, two legal situations in Germany, can shed light on how the migrant’s body receives centre stage in the process of legal status determination and shows how the long journey to relative legal stability deeply affects the body. The two legal categories have in common a temporal limitation and an association with bodily transformations. By centring on the legal trajectories of three migrants, this article shows how the body is taken as the marker of vulnerability and (un)deservingness and becomes the bearer of legal precarity.

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Section: Failing To Prove Vulnerability Through the Bodymentioning

confidence: 99%

Embodying legal precarity: Living with ongoing short‐term protection in Germany

Suerbaum

2021

International Migration

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“This child, whose bone age is fourteen . . .” Ethical dimensions of skeletal age assessment

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Embodying legal precarity: Living with ongoing short‐term protection in Germany

Embodying legal precarity: Living with ongoing short‐term protection in Germany

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