DCL Seminar: Mauricio Gaona
DCL candidate J. Mauricio Gaona will be giving a doctoral seminar on the subject of "Outsourcing Humanity: A 21st-Century Response on Refugees" Supervisor: Professor François Crépeau.
Abstract
As the worldâs refugee population grows every year (30 million and counting), more governments appear increasingly reluctant to host â much less integrate â refugees and asylum seekers in their countries. Instead, outsourcing the reception of these migrants to poor and developing countries â including those in state of conflict or warâ in exchange for financial support is used as a more âefficientâ option. Comparing different refugee crises across the planet showing dissimilar responses to the often-cited ârefugee threat,â this seminar uncovers the ramifications of a similar yet inherently contradictory outcome. Drawing from the evolution of refugee protection, the seminar further explores the events informing the arguably ineluctable choice between protecting refugees or protecting host-countriesâ security, culture and identity, along with corollary premises (âtoo dangerous,â âtoo many,â âtoo differentâ) and neglected threats (technology, inequality, exclusion).
About the speaker
J. Mauricio Gaona is a doctoral candidate at 91ÉçÇű's Faculty of Law. He is an O'Brien Graduate Fellow at the 91ÉçÇű Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, and a Vanier Scholar (Social Sciences, Humanities and Research Council of Canada).
