The constitutive role of discourse in asylum determination procedures cannot be underestimated. Legal decision-making in the domain of asylum and international protection is essentially discourse-based: spoken and written discourse form the main input for the (re)production and the assessment of asylum applications. As these proceedings can have a direct bearing on the lives of individual applicants, critical reflection and analysis of these discursive dynamics can be considered a core task for researchers in this area. But not a straightforward one. Issues of voice—in the Hymesian sense as the freedom of having one's voice heard—and linguistic-narrative inequality, are central to much of the data that we analyze in this field, but also apply to the impact of language research at policy level, where language is not given priority. We draw from our own experiences as ethnographic fieldworkers in the Belgian asylum and migration context to examine the dynamics of research design, access and dissemination of research findings. We argue for the strength of grassroots initiatives and public engagement in local organizations as fruitful arenas for developing a voice that can be heard locally, and, potentially, also having an impact higher up the institutional hierarchy.

话语在庇护确定程序中的构成性作用不可低估。庇护和国际保护领域的法律决策基本上是基于话语的：口头和书面话语是（再）生产和评估庇护申请的主要投入。由于这些程序可以直接影响个人申请人的生活，因此对这些话语动态的批判性反思和分析可以被认为是该领域研究人员的一项核心任务。但不是一个简单的。语音问题-在希姆斯语中，是一种表达自己的声音的自由-在语言和叙事上的不平等是我们在该领域分析的许多数据的核心，但也适用于语言研究在政策层面的影响，语言不优先的地方。我们借鉴自己在比利时避难和移民背景下的人种志田野工作者的经验，研究研究设计的动态，研究结果的获取和传播。我们主张基层计划的力量和公众参与地方组织的力量，因为它们是发展富有声望的舞台，可以在当地表达自己的声音，并有可能在更高的制度层次上产生影响。