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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Asylum process"”.
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A new materialist exploration of Sexual and Gender Minorities asylum seekers and refugees’ experiences of the UK’s asylum process
… exploration of sexual and gender minority asylum seekers and refugees lived and embodied experiences of the UK’s refugee status determination process. It explores specifically experiences of sexual minorities who were forced to flee their homeland to the UK where they later sought sanctuary …
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Detention of Asylum-Seekers: Comparison of the Asylum and Detention Practices in United States and Sweden
… This research paper compares and contrasts the asylum process in US and Sweden. It analyzes the similarities and differences in their refugee policies and how asylumseeker rights are undermined or supported in the detention centers. The research discusses the historical origin of the …
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The Criminalisation of Asylum Seekers: Arbitrary Detention in South Africa
… on the use of arbitrary detention to criminalise asylum seekers in South Africa. After the democratic transition in 1994 South Africa became a leading destination for asylum seekers from across the African continent. South Africa’s post-apartheid immigration and refugee system were based on a …
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Vulnerabilities of trafficked rural Chinese girls in the UK asylum system: a thematic analysis
… who were transnationally trafficked and claimed asylum in the UK after presenting to the UK authorities as unaccompanied minors. The ten case-studies are drawn from a point-in-time historical sample of asylum case files which were created between the years 2007 and 2012. The thesis draws upon an …
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Mapping the denial of space : Latinos and United States immigration law
… This thesis investigates how the immigration and asylum process is in fact spatialized and biased to regional politics. The connection between rituals, myths, and symbols of nationalism in the judgement of Latinos are also examined. A third component explores how migrant and refugee bodies are …
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Let My People Stay: Irregular Migrants' Struggle for Rights and Recognition
… demanding rights, recognition and a fair asylum process took place in Tel-Aviv. Their demonstration was unprecedented in its nature and magnitude offering a unique and interesting puzzle: how a foreign-born community without resources or familiarity with the country’s authorities, culture, …
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ACTS OF QUEER RESILIENCE: TRAUMA AS IDENTITY AND AGENCY IN LGBTQ POLITICAL ASYLUM
… fear of persecution is the impetus for asylum seekers to flee their home countries and seek protection elsewhere. Much of the scholarly literature and published legal cases correlate persecution with trauma and approach traumatic events of asylum seekers as always living with barriers or …
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Unaccompanied minors (un-)made in Sweden. Ungrievable lives and access to rights produced through policy
… prime minister announced a new, restrictive asylum policy with the explicit aim of placing Sweden at the EU minimum level in terms of refugee reception. A temporary Aliens Act minimized the right to asylum and family reunification. At the centre of the policy debate was the figure of the …
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Inequalities in the Common European Asylum System: The role of Greek libraries as information resources in the midst of asylum system shortcomings
Historically, the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) has proven challenging for the member states on the periphery of the EU – the same member states that are currently experiencing high volumes of asylum seekers. This inability to address the needs of these member states was particularly …