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Sanctuary Cities: Policies and Practices in International Perspective
Author(s) -
Bauder Harald
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international migration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.681
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1468-2435
pISSN - 0020-7985
DOI - 10.1111/imig.12308
Subject(s) - formative assessment , variety (cybernetics) , political science , perspective (graphical) , refugee , urban policy , sociology , public administration , economic growth , urban planning , law , economics , ecology , pedagogy , artificial intelligence , computer science , biology
Sanctuary cities in the USA , UK , and Canada aim to accommodate illegalized migrants and refugees in their communities. The concept of the “sanctuary city,” however, is highly ambiguous: it refers to a variety of different policies and practices, and focuses on variable populations in different national contexts. In this article, I examine the international literature to show how urban sanctuary policies and practices differ between national contexts and assess whether there are common features of sanctuary cities. I uncover legal, discursive, identity‐formative, and scalar aspects of urban sanctuary policies and practices. These aspects assemble in ways that differ between countries. The article concludes by raising important practical and theoretical questions about urban sanctuary.