{"id":2793,"date":"2019-06-17T11:53:58","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T10:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swissmig.wordpress.com\/?p=2793"},"modified":"2019-06-17T11:53:58","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T10:53:58","slug":"forensic-age-estimation-in-swiss-asylum-procedures-race-in-the-production-of-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/?p=2793","title":{"rendered":"Forensic Age Estimation in Swiss Asylum Procedures: Race in the production of age"},"content":{"rendered":"

Author(s) : Johannes Balthasar Oertli<\/h3>\n

Source : https:\/\/refuge.journals.yorku.ca\/index.php\/refuge\/article\/view\/40540<\/a><\/h3>\n

Abstract: <\/strong><\/p>\n

“In asylum procedures, authorities often doubt the claim of an unaccompanied young person to be a child. In Switzerland, in such cases, asylum seekers are made to undergo forensic age estimation to assess their \u201cactual\u201d age. This article studies this practice, drawing on interviews with the people who commission and conduct it. It elaborates on what triggers such \u201cage disputes\u201d and explains how age is being assessed. It continues by highlighting the difference between forensic and medical age estimation and how the use of FAE in a forensic environment racializes the children involved. In conclusion, this article reflects on the meaning of this racialization and what it, as well as the use of FAE, signifies about the interplay of racialized boundaries and legal borders within current migration regimes.”<\/p>\n

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\n“Dans les proc\u00e9dures de demande d\u2019asile, les autorit\u00e9s doutent souvent de la pr\u00e9tention de jeunes personnes non-accompagn\u00e9es \u00e0 \u00eatre des enfants. En Suisse, dans de tels cas, les demandeurs d\u2019asile sont soumis \u00e0 une proc\u00e9dure d\u2019estimation m\u00e9dico-l\u00e9gale afin d\u2019\u00e9valuer leur \u00e2ge \u00ab r\u00e9el \u00bb. Cet article \u00e9tudie cette pratique \u00e0 partir d\u2019entretiens approfondis avec les personnes qui la commissionnent et la mettent en oeuvre. Il traite des raisons provoquant ces contestations sur l\u2019\u00e2ge et explique la fa\u00e7on dont l\u2019\u00e2ge est \u00e9valu\u00e9. Il souligne ensuite la diff\u00e9rence entre une estimation m\u00e9dico-l\u00e9gale et m\u00e9dicale ainsi que la mani\u00e8re dont l\u2019estimation de l\u2019\u00e2ge en milieu m\u00e9dico-l\u00e9gal racialise les enfants concern\u00e9s. L\u2019article se conclut par une r\u00e9flexion sur la signification de cette racialisation et sur ce que cette derni\u00e8re, de m\u00eame que l\u2019utilisation de l\u2019estimation m\u00e9dico-l\u00e9gale, signifient au sujet de l\u2019interaction entre fronti\u00e8res racialis\u00e9es et fronti\u00e8res juridiques dans les r\u00e9gimes migratoires actuels.”<\/p>\n

Keywords<\/strong> : forensic age assessment; unaccompanied minors; racialization<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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