El paper de l’intèrpret en contextos d’asil i refugi a Espanya

Rocamora i Navarro, Marta

El paper de l’intèrpret en contextos d’asil i refugi a Espanya

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Rocamora i Navarro, M. El paper de l’intèrpret en contextos d’asil i refugi a Espanya. 2025. handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10230/70992

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Abstract

The migration crisis in Europe has highlighted the vulnerability of refugees, who have been forced to flee their countries and seek international protection. Once they’ve reached the host country, they often face language barriers that hinder their communication with authorities and jeopardize their access to fundamental rights. In this context, interpreters play a key role, not only in overcoming these barriers but also in ensuring a fair and effective asylum application process. This study focuses on the role of interpreters in asylum and refugee contexts in Spain, analyzing the challenges they face and the training needs required for their work. Despite their crucial importance, the role of interpreters in this field has been understudied within the discipline of interpretation, unlike other disciplines that have a more consolidated bibliography. Through this analysis, the aim is to emphasize the lack of policies guaranteeing access to quality interpretation services, underscore the importance of professionalizing this work, and outline the essential knowledge interpreters should incorporate into their training and professional practice to work properly in these contexts.