Predisposed to cooperate

Abstract

Recent research in Toronto and Geneva indicates that asylum seekers and refugees are predisposed to be cooperative with the refugee status determination system and other immigration procedures, and that the design of alternatives to detention can create, foster and support this cooperative predisposition – or can undermine or even demolish it.

Keywords

• detention
• asylum
• refugees
• asylum seekers
• immigration detention
• detention alternatives
• Geneva
• Toronto