Routledge Asylum Seekers, Sovereignty, and the Senses of the International

Explore a new perspective on the tension between asylum seeking and state sovereignty. While much of the current discourse focuses on how the movement of refugees and migrants is restricted through governance and surveillance, this volume by Puumala shifts the focus toward the moving body itself. By examining the engagements and relations of the physical body, this work investigates how different ways of seeing and sensing define the struggle between asylum seekers and sovereign practices. It moves beyond traditional methods of political analysis to look at the lived, corporeal experience of migration. This book challenges existing political imaginations regarding how the international is ordered, practiced, and thought about. It provides a unique framework for understanding the physical and sensory realities of those navigating international borders and sovereign control. This is an essential resource for those studying the intersection of law, body politics, and international relations.