Nothing Personal?

Geographies of Governing and Activism in the British Asylum System

By: Nick Gill

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Paperback | 29 January 2016 | Edition Number 1

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In this groundbreaking new study of attitudes towards marginalised migrants in Western society, Nick Gill provides a conceptually innovative account of the ways in which indifference and insensitivity to desperation and hardship come about. Taking UK asylum laws as its case study, and supported by survey and interview evidence obtained over the past decade, this book tells the story of immigration decision makers and the institutionalised spatial processes that limit and steer their agency. In addition to detailed illustrations of the flaws inherent in contemporary immigration administration, Gill provides an original theory of the relationship between distance and indifference to human suffering that is both theoretically informed by, and challenging to, the works of social theorists like Max Weber, Zygmunt human, Emmanuel Levinas and Georg Simmel. In doing so, Gill questions the consensus that border controls are necessary or desirable in contemporary society, making Nothing Personal? a provocative and important addition to the contemporary conversation on immigration.

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`In this important book, Gill puts morality, suffering and compassion at the heart of asylum politics and scholarship. Drawing on empirical research, he offers a damning account of how the British immigration system has created a culture of indifference towards asylum seekers and examines the compassionate, but `risky', activisms that have arisen in response to the immorality of border controls.' - Imogen Tyler, Lancaster University, UK

`Nothing Personal is personal: a thoughtful and timely analysis of the roles played by morality and indifference shaping detention in the UK. Gill insightfully explores spatial strategies such as dispersal, separation, buffering, and distance to better understand how people suffer (and die) in the custody of officials. This is an important read for anyone interested in understanding the people who run detention and asylum systems, and the politics of indifference at work there.' - Alison Mountz, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada

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