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Working and Researching Multilingually at State Borders
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Case Study 3: Working and Researching Multilingually at State (and European Union) Borders
Co-Researchers• Dr Robert Gibb• Dr Julien Danero Iglesias
Principal Objectives
1. To compare multilingual working practices andprocesses of translation and interpretation at state(and external EU) borders and in refugee statusdetermination procedures in Bulgaria and Romania.
2. To analyse the wider structural contexts in bothcountries with regard in particular to the recruitment,payment and training of interpreters to work inasylum cases and at state (and external EU)borders.
Bulgaria and Romania
Bulgaria and its borders
Romania and its borders
Field Research (January-December 2015)Bulgaria (RG) and Romania (JDI)
• Observation of the activities of selected state agencies,NGOs, legal representatives and interpreters
• Semi-Structured Interviews with key staff about theirmultilingual working practices and training, and theprocesses of interpretation and translation in which theyare involved
• Analysis of Documentary Data including case law,codes of practice for border guards, asylum case-workersand interpreters, and other relevant documents
‘Green’ Border between Bulgaria and Turkey
European Asylum Support Office‘Operational Map of Bulgaria’
‘Stop! State Border’ (Cahul, Moldova – 5km from border with Romania)
Photo: Julien Danero Iglesias
Detention sites in Romania
Sources of images• http://www.worldofmaps.net/en/europe/europe-maps/map-europe.htm• http://www.worldofmaps.net/en/europe/map-bulgaria/map-regions-
bulgaria.htm• http://www.worldofmaps.net/en/europe/map-romania/map-regions-
romania.htm• http://www.novinite.com/media/images/2013-
11/photo_verybig_155426.jpg• http://www.asylumineurope.org/files/resources/easo-report-stock-
taking-mission-to-bulgaria-final-.pdf• http://www.globaldetentionproject.org/countries/europe/romania/map-
of-detention-sites.html