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In this closing chapter, Jubany reiterates how the voices and experiences of immigration officers bring to light a powerful subcultural world that underpins control approaches at UK borders. Out of the intersections of state power, embodied behind the bureaucratic shield, and the alignment of officers’ professional interests with state goals, emerges the governance of fears that are ascribed to asylum seekers. As the author argues, and the evidence confirms, it is vital to focus on the everyday actions of border control, and the need to challenge the fallacy that officers don’t decide. Far from incidental, this gap between officers, the law and the organisation is purposefully constructed to ensure policy outcomes are achieved, directing law enforcers to enter into grey areas. This relies on the meta-messages of deterrence that, as argued in this final chapter, must be replaced with a culture of rights and a renewed focus on protection, in order to overcome the unfounded fears of our culture of disbelief.
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Jubany, O. (2017). Pulling Back the Screen. In: Screening Asylum in a Culture of Disbelief. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40748-7_7
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