Narratives of coercive precarity experienced by mothers seeking asylum in the UK (Wales)

Shobiye, Laura and Parker, Samuel 2023. Narratives of coercive precarity experienced by mothers seeking asylum in the UK (Wales). Ethnic and Racial Studies 46 (2) , pp. 358-377. 10.1080/01419870.2022.2079383

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Abstract

This paper explores the impact of the UK’s racialized asylum system on mothers and their children. Asylum-seeking mothers in the UK are treated with hostility and suspicion and prohibited from basic socio-economic rights such as employment yet must also raise their children within this hostile environment. In this paper, based on a Thematic Narrative Analysis of interviews with refugee and asylum-seeking mothers in Wales, we argue that legalized hostility and exclusion are systemic coercive control. Using theories of social reproduction and coercive control, we explore the emotional and psychological impact of coercion on four women and show how this systemic coercive control leads to both the fracturing of families and the fracturing of motherhood. Through the analysis of asylum-seeking mothers’ experiences, we show that the coercion exerted on the women has direct and indirect impacts on their children through deprivation, isolation and fractured relationships.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Additional Information:	This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Publisher:	Routledge
ISSN:	0141-9870
Funders:	ESRC
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	19 May 2022
Date of Acceptance:	10 May 2022
Last Modified:	24 May 2023 16:31
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/149875

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