Through case studies from Australia, Europe and the US, this book explores how emotion is central to understanding the formation of immigration policy. The author looks beyond the 'negative' emotions of fear and hostility to examine the politics of compassion in immigration and asylum policy discourse.
A crisis of compassion
The emotional politics of immigration and asylum
Emotion, colonialism and immigration policy
The intolerable death of Alan Kurdi
Victims, villains and saviours
Withholding compassion
Outrage, responsibility and accountability
Self-care and solidarity: the undocumented immigrant youth movement
Conclusion
