Abstract

In this article we analyse what happens to career counselling when it is intertwined with the asylum process. A Swedish example is an amendment to the education legislation, regarding residence permits for upper secondary level students. Following the resulting changes in juridical, educational and interpersonal conditions, career counsellors must deliver ‘high-stakes counselling’ that can profoundly affect individuals’ prospects of asylum or deportation. Our analysis is based on ethnographically inspired fieldwork, a survey and Bernsteinian theory. In current Swedish conditions, tight matching to demands of the labour market is essential in this ‘high-stakes counselling’. We conclude that a consequence is institutional introduction of conditional citizenship of asylum-seeking students. This allows countries to select migrants through education, which severely conflicts not only with counselling ideals, but also democratic and equality values regarding possibilities to make choices for the future, thus creating ethical dilemmas for counsellors.

摘要

在本文中，我们分析了当职业咨询与庇护程序交织在一起时会发生什么。瑞典的一个例子是关于高中学生居留许可的教育立法修正案。随着司法、教育和人际关系条件的相应变化，职业顾问必须提供“高风险的咨询”，这将对个人庇护或驱逐出境的前景产生深远的影响。我们的分析基于人种学启发的田野调查、调查和伯恩斯坦理论。在目前瑞典的情况下，在这种“高风险咨询”中，与劳动力市场的需求紧密匹配至关重要。我们得出结论，结果是在制度上引入了寻求庇护学生的有条件公民身份。这允许各国通过教育选择移民，