Current issues of UK asylum law and policy /
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| Imprint: | Aldershot, England : Ashgate Dartmouth, 1998. |
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| Description: | xxvii, 371 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3455039 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Tables
- Abbreviations
- Reported Case Law
- UK-Based Organisations Working on Refugee and Asylum Issues
- Contributors' Biographical Details
- Introduction
- Section I. Law, Policy and the Determination Process
- 1. The Case of UK Asylum Law and Policy: Lessons from History?
- 2. Political Representations of Geography and Place in the Introduction of the UK Asylum and Immigration Act (1996)
- 3. A Case of Ministers Behaving Badly: The Asylum and Immigration Act 1996
- 4. The Designation of "Safe" Countries and Individual Assessment of Asylum Claims
- 5. The "Internal Flight Alternative" (IFA) Test and the Concept of Protection
- 6. Sexual Orientation and Refugee Claims Based on "Membership of a Particular Social Group" Under the 1951 Refugee Convention
- 7. Problems in Medical Report Writing for Asylum Seekers
- 8. Working With the Asylum Regime: an Adjudicator's Perspective
- 9. Researching "The Risks of Getting it Wrong"
- 10. Protection and Process: Towards Fair and Effective Asylum Determination Procedures
- 11. Taking Human Rights Seriously in the Asylum Context? A Perspective on the Development of Law and Policy
- 12. Entitlement to Protection: A Human Rights-based Approach to Refugee Protection in the United Kingdom
- Section II. Beyond the Determination Process
- 13. Health Screening for Newly-arrived Asylum Seekers and their Access to NHS Provision
- 14. The Mental Health Needs of Refugees and Asylum Seekers: Key Issues in Research and Service Development
- 15. The Needs of Young Male Refugees in London with Particular Reference to Education and Training
- 16. Parent-child Communication Barriers and Mother-tongue Education for Vietnamese Children in London
- 17. Asylum, Employer Sanctions and Race
- 18. Asylum Seekers' Rights to Housing: New Recipients of the Old Poor Law