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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"asylum policy"”.
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The Impact of European Union Asylum Policy on Domestic Asylum Policy in Germany and Britain: 1990-2007
… towards the establishment of a common European asylum policy. The question of the impact of this cooperation on domestic asylum policy has so far received surprisingly little attention. Most explanations have focused on how an agreement on restrictive policies was achieved at EU level, and …
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Refugee and asylum policy in the United States : Cubans and Haitians
… complex matrix of actors who participate in such policy debates as well as of the impact these concerns have had on policy formulations in the United States. This paper will explore how the United States administration implements such policies, and the problems the implementation process presents …
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The discursive legitimation of asylum policies in Greece and Ireland
… by political actors in Greece and Ireland in asylum policy. The aim of the thesis is to study in comparative perspective the factors that shape the formulation of discourses on asylum in two countries with similar migration histories, as well as a number of similarities and differences in …
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Dealt with on their merits? : the treatment of asylum seekers in the UK and France
This study examines the treatment of asylum seekers in the UK and France. The need for such a study arises from the apparent contradiction between, on the one hand, the commitment of EU states to give protection to people fleeing persecution (they are all signatories to the 1951 Refugee Convention) …
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South Africa's Developing Deterrence Regime: how the Retraction of Employment and Political Rights of Refugees and Asylum Seekers Poses a Threat to the Principle of Non-Refoulement
… of 1998, have seen a number of restrictions to asylum policy. The 2017 amendments in tandem with the 2020 regulations have retracted the automatic right to work for asylum seekers as well as placed a prohibition on political activity for refugees and asylum seekers. These amendments make it …
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UK Immigration Policy and the Welfare of Children Seeking Asylum
… who come to the UK either as dependents of adult asylum seekers or as unaccompanied children seeking asylum in their own right are obscured by a political discourse that is focussed on problematizing immigration control and a 'managed migration' agenda. In response there is an emerging body of …
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Sent to Coventry: the role played by social networks in the settlement of dispersed Congolese asylum seekers
The interplay between the UK’s asylum policies and the response by asylum seekers in cultivating friendship ties and social networks is the focus of this thesis. The importance of this research lies in how it demonstrates the way friendship ties develop among dispersed asylum seekers and how they …
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Life after asylum: investigating the precarious geographies of home with refugees leaving direct provision in Cork, Ireland
Ireland’s asylum system of Direct Provision has received significant critique by researchers who have condemned the policy as restrictive, creating multiple exclusions for asylum seekers whilst exacerbating their economic, social and personal vulnerabilities both during asylum and afterward. More …
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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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Direito e política dos refugiados na União Europeia
No contexto das políticas de salvaguarda dos direitos humanos, que obrigam os Estados da União Europeia, esta dissertação procurou investigar como esta organização supranacional lida com a questão dos refugiados e de como faz a sua gestão em termos macropolíticos e jurídicos. Nesse sentido, …
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The politics of race and mental illness in the Post-Emancipation US South : Central Lunatic Asylum for the Colored Insane in historical perspective
… institutionalized blacks in Central Lunatic Asylum for the Colored Insane (CLA) for non-mental health reasons as both a punishment for attempts at economic independence and in order to culturally censor them. While most modern mental health literature avoids discussing social control, my …