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Revisiting liberalism and post-colonial theory in the context of asylum applications Forced Migration Online (24276783) Migration, asylum and refugee law FORCED MIGRATION ONLINE ASYLUM SEEKERS REFUGEES ASYLUM STATUS DETERMINATION PROCEDURES HUMAN RIGHTS REFUGEE LAW HISTORY CULTURE POLITICS This article argues that the westernised concept of liberalism, which assumes the ability of States to control migration, is inappropriate in an African context at a number of fundamental levels. In particular, in many African States the boundaries are ill defined, governments lack appropriate resources for border control, and the movement of asylum seekers is mostly that of mass influx. Hence, it is contended, addressing Africa's refugee 'problem' calls for locally engineered perspectives rather than westernised ideas with a focus on the following three central elements: definition of 'refugee', procedures used to assess asylum applications, and the nature of protection offered to those in need. 2026-09-30T11:45:29Z Text Online resource 10.25446/oxford.33353664.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/online_resource/Revisiting_liberalism_and_post-colonial_theory_in_the_context_of_asylum_applications/33353664 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0