Story-telling is a significant practice for refugees. Stories of persecution are a crucial component of the evidence on which claims for asylum are based. They are also deployed by those who seek to foster greater solidarity with refugees – journalists, activists, refugees themselves. But what kind of solidarity is involved in ‘solidarity with refugees’? I answer this with reference to two models: political and expressional solidarity, and draw out the understudied relationships between stories and empathy, and empathy and solidarity. While there is evident value in stories, I argue that storytelling as a practice of solidarity faces both a practical and a normative tension. Furthermore, to the extent that these have the potential to undermine the agency of refugees, they raise important issues for solidarity movements.

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难民的故事：同理心、代理和团结

讲故事是难民的重要实践。迫害故事是庇护申请所依据的证据的重要组成部分。他们也被那些寻求与难民更加团结的人——记者、活动家、难民本身——部署。但是，“声援难民”涉及什么样的声援？我参考了两个模型来回答这个问题：政治和表达的团结，并指出故事与同理心、同理心与团结之间尚未充分研究的关系。虽然故事具有明显的价值，但我认为讲故事作为一种团结的实践面临着实际和规范的紧张。此外，就这些问题有可能破坏难民的能动性而言，它们为团结运动提出了重要问题。