Conflating The Muslim Refugee and The Terror Suspect: Responses to the Syrian Refugee “Crisis” in Brexit Britain”

Yıl 2022, Cilt: 12 Sayı: 1, 195 - 234, 30.06.2022

Madeline-sophie Abbas Çevirmen: Enes Atakan Çakır

https://doi.org/10.31834/ortadoguvegoc.1109042

Öz

The Syrian refugee “crisis” has prompted contradictory responses of securitization of European borders on the one hand, and grassroots compassion on the other, that posit a universal conception of the human deserving of equal rights to safety irrespective of racial or religious difference. However, in the aftermath of the 2015 and 2016 Paris terror attacks there has been a backlash against refugees amid fears of Islamist terrorists exploiting refugee channels to enter Europe, as well as an upsurge in a populist nationalism framing Brexit and anti-Muslim hostility following recent UK terror attacks. I argue that the convergence of the “Muslim refugee” and the “terror suspect” as threatening mobilizes a racialized biopolitics present in intersecting counter-terrorism and asylum regimes that priorities security concerns above human rights. I advance the Concentrationary Gothic as a framework for understanding continuities in logics of racial terror framing the “Muslim question” within the Syrian refugee “crisis.”

Anahtar Kelimeler

Brexit, Counter-errorism, Racism, Security

Müslüman Mülteci ve Terör Zanlısını Birbirine Karıştırmak: Britanya’da Suriyeli Mülteci Krizine Tepkiler

Öz

Suriyeli mülteci “krizi”, bir yandan Avrupa’nın sınırlarını güvenlileştirmesine sebep olurken, diğer yanda da tabandan gelen merhamet duygusuna karşı çelişkili tepkilere yol açmaktadır. Bu merhamet, ırksal veya dinsel farklılıktan bağımsız olarak, insanın eşit şekilde güvenlik haklarına layık olduğuna dair evrensel bir anlayış ortaya koymaktadır. Bununla birlikte, 2015 ve 2016 Paris terör saldırılarını takiben İslamcı teröristler Avrupa’ya girmek için mülteci kanallarını sömürmüşlerdir. Teröristlerin mülteci kanallarını sömürmesinden kaynaklanan korkuların yanında Britanya’da gerçekleşen terör saldırıları ve akabinde Brexit politikasını çerçeveleyen popülist bir milliyetçilik mültecilere karşı bir tepki oluşmasına yol açmıştır. “Müslüman mülteci” ile “terör zanlısı” kavramlarının tehdit unsuru olarak bir araya gelmesi ve güvenlik kaygısını insan haklarının üzerinde tutan terörle mücadele, sığınma rejimlerinin kesiştiği yerde mevcut olan ırksallaştırılmış bir biyopolitikayı harekete geçirdiğini savunuyorum. Suriyeli mülteci “krizi” içindeki “Müslüman sorununu” çerçeveleyen ırksal terörün altında yatan sürekliliği anlamak için bir çerçeve olarak “Toplanmış Gotik” kavramını geliştirmekteyim.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Brexit, Terörle Mücadele, Irkçılık, Güvenlik, Suriyeli Mülteci Krizi

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