Building a bureaucracy: the transfer of responsibility for refugee affairs from United Nations Refugee Agency to Government of Kenya

Thesis

In this thesis, I explore the role of Refugee Affairs Secretariat (RAS), within the Government of Kenya, in the management of refugee affairs in Kenya, focusing on RAS’ role in refugee registration and refugee status determination (RSD). Methodologically, I seek to understand the state through the everyday practices of its ‘street-level’ and managerial-level bureaucrats.

My first argument is rooted in the observation that the Kenyan state’s engagement with refugee registration and...

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Authors: Walkey, CE

• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: UNHCR; African state; refugee protection; Kenya; bureaucracy; refugee status determination; refugee registration