Governing refugees through disorientation: Fragmented knowledges and forced technological mediations

Abstract This article investigates the fragmented knowledges that migrants need to deal with in order get access asylum, and related effects of disorientation it generates on them. The piece argues is as a constitutive political technology refugee governance develops this argument by focusing Greek asylum system. It starts drawing attention multiple technological steps forced digital intermediations seekers Greece navigate, particular Cash Assistance Programme, shows how dispersed knowledges. moves analysing governing through underpin legal system ends up debilitating hampering them from accessing rights humanitarian support. final section explores are racialised treated deceitful subjects, not only their speech but also conduct behaviour assumed be deceptive, therefore knowledge turns out pointless. concludes challenging claims for more transparency response disorientation.