ABSTRACT This article engages in a cultural study of refugee law “from below,” that is, from the perspective of refugees. Bringing to bear insights from critical refugee studies, I argue that today’s global refugee regime is a gatekeeping apparatus that protects Global North wealth and borders, though this function is masked by humanitarian narratives. UNHCR articles and Mohsin Hamid’s novel Exit West, while contrasting examples, both demonstrate the fraught primacy of story in refugee law and politics. Refugee discourses proceed through navigational storytelling, as authors encounter, name, reframe, dodge, and challenge prevailing myths that paint the regime as care.

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驾驭全球难民制度：法律、神话、故事

摘要 本文从难民的角度对难民法进行“自下而上”的文化研究。结合批判性难民研究的见解，我认为当今的全球难民制度是保护全球北方财富和边界的守门机构，尽管这一功能被人道主义叙述所掩盖。难民署的文章和 Mohsin Hamid 的小说 Exit West，虽然是对比例子，但都展示了故事在难民法和政治中的首要地位。当作者遇到、命名、重构、躲避和挑战将政权描绘成关怀的流行神话时，难民话语通过导航故事讲述进行。