Looij, Emma
(2025)
What is the relationship between Australian and Dutch policies on asylum?
Master thesis, Master Religion Conflict and Globalisation.
Abstract
This thesis is about the Australian offshore asylum processing system and the Dutch
immigration policies that shape today’s treatment and processing of asylum claims in
both countries. In this thesis I uncover what both immigration systems dive into the
political landscape of both countries to see how they are tied to far-right politics. I also
apply a neocolonial lens and argue that both systems discussed in this thesis are
inherently racist, Islamophobic, and have deep ties with neocolonialism. I do this by
analysing Australian and Dutch government official documents, political documents,
laws, and policy papers regarding asylum and migration in the last few years. My aim
with this thesis is to shed light and raise awareness on the current and future threat the
far-right Dutch political climate poses to migrants and refugees.
| Type: |
Thesis
(Master)
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| Supervisors (RUG): |
| Supervisor | E-mail | Tutor organization | Tutor email |
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| Wilson, E.K. | | Faculteit GGW, Faculteit Religie, Cultuur en Maatschappij | E.K.Wilson@rug.nl | | Bartelink, B.E. | | Faculteit GGW, Vergelijkende Religiewetenschap | B.E.Bartelink@rug.nl |
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| Degree programme: |
Master Religion Conflict and Globalisation |
| Academic year: |
2024-2025 |
| Date of delivery: |
03 Feb 2026 10:48 |
| Last modified: |
03 Feb 2026 10:48 |
| URI: |
https://rcs.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/857 |
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