Response to Tom Scott-Smith’s Review of Undoing Nothing: Waiting for Asylum, Struggling for Relevance

Key Points

• The aim is to challenge the perception of asylum seekers as passive and highlight their active role in reclaiming their relevance.
• Analysis of Boccagni's arguments and perspectives.
• Critical review of the themes presented in the book.
• Asylum seekers actively reconstitute their moral worth.
• They strive to regain political visibility in institutional contexts perceived as dismissive.