The new proposals transform settlement into something that must be continually earned. The path has become longer, more conditional and far more easily disrupted.
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People who have been recognised as needing humanitarian protection will be under constant review.
Previous use of large sites for housing asylum seekers proved to be dangerous, demoralising, dehumanising and expensive.
‘Operation Restoring Justice’ would face legal, logistical and diplomatic hurdles.
Watching the show, I thought of the conversations I’ve had with asylum seekers and refugees as part of my research.
The onus now appears to be shifting from the migrants to smugglers who have been profiteering from this inhumane trade.
Infestations, overcrowding and suicide attempts have all been found at asylum accommodation sites run by private companies.
We haven’t heard the last of plans to ship off the UK’s asylum seekers.
The Welsh government has taken steps to ensure that the Welsh language plays a more prominent role in welcoming refugees and migrants.
An inquiry into conditions at Brook House immigration removal centre found ‘credible evidence’ of breaches of human rights.
The numbers on how many asylum seekers the UK accepts.
New refugees have just 28 days to access the essential services they need to rebuild their lives in the UK. In the ‘destitution gap’, many will become homeless.
Research explains how asylum seekers choose their destination country.
The illegal migration bill makes much of the Nationality and Borders Act redundant.
Although English to speakers of other languages (Esol) is treated like any other subject, it can offer far more to those learners.
We wanted to examine not only the experiences that drove asylum seekers to the UK, but also the psychological effects of their experiences in the asylum system.
Britain is now desperately short of workers in some sectors. Yet our interviews with 100 women aged 50 and over show how hard it is for them to find secure employment
UK law says that detention should only be used when deportation is imminent.
The use of scientific processes would be a huge improvement on the UK’s current methods for assessing the age of asylum seekers.
The human rights act dictates that the UK is obliged to protect asylum seekers. So why is the home secretary ignoring it?
Top contributors
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Associate Professor, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham
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Professor of ESOL, University of South Wales
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Professor of International Migration and Forced Displacement and Director of the Institute for Research into International Migration and Superdiversity, University of Birmingham
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Professor in Human Geography, University of Exeter
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Assistant Professor in Human Geography, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Lecturer in International Politics, Aberystwyth University
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Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, Macquarie University
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Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Manchester
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Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Lancaster University
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Research Fellow, Economics of Migration, University of Southampton
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Senior Lecturer in Law
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Associate Professor in Social and Trauma Psychology, Nottingham Trent University
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Lecturer in Modern Slavery, University of Hull
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Professor of Geography, University of Sussex
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Postgraduate Student and Researcher in Migration and Refugee Studies, University of Oxford