Since the early 2000s, asylum policy in Western states has become increasingly dominated by the concept of the ‘pull factor’—the idea that the economic rights afforded to asylum seekers can act as a migratory pull, and will have a bearing on the numbers of asylum applications received. The pull factor thesis has been widely discredited by researchers but remains powerful among policymakers. Through an analysis of the pull factor in the UK context, and drawing on insights from Cultural Political Economy, this article argues that the hegemony of the pull factor thesis is best understood as a ‘policy imaginary’ which has become sedimented through both discursive and extra-discursive practices and processes. The article offers a means of...
Each year, hundreds of thousands of individuals become asylum applicants as they request protection ...
Since the mid 1990s third sector professionals and organisations have come under increasing pressure...
This paper draws on empirical data generated in the ‘Everyday Bordering in the UK’ project, with a f...
Since the early 2000s, asylum policy in Western states has become increasingly dominated by the conc...
Drawing on elite interviews with UK asylum policymakers, this article entails a detailed elaboration...
Drawing on elite interviews with UK asylum policymakers, this article entails a detailed elaboration...
This article examines the relationship in the UK between asylum-seeking and the labour market. Since...
The paper examines asylum seekers’ perceptions of the prohibition to work policy through the lens of...
This chapter analyses UK asylum policies since 1999 in the context of wider neoliberal approaches to...
The ‘refugee crisis’ in Europe has drawn attention to the reasons why people risk desperate journeys...
Reforms of the system around the accommodation and support needs of asylum seekers entering the Unit...
To cope with the challenges posed by growing numbers of asylum seekers, Western European countries h...
The ‘refugee crisis’ in Europe has drawn attention to the reasons why people risk desperate journeys...
Abstract: This article discusses asylum seekers and the right to work in the UK. Differential access...
This article discusses asylum seekers and the right to work in the UK. Differential access to the la...
Each year, hundreds of thousands of individuals become asylum applicants as they request protection ...
Since the mid 1990s third sector professionals and organisations have come under increasing pressure...
This paper draws on empirical data generated in the ‘Everyday Bordering in the UK’ project, with a f...
Since the early 2000s, asylum policy in Western states has become increasingly dominated by the conc...
Drawing on elite interviews with UK asylum policymakers, this article entails a detailed elaboration...
Drawing on elite interviews with UK asylum policymakers, this article entails a detailed elaboration...
This article examines the relationship in the UK between asylum-seeking and the labour market. Since...
The paper examines asylum seekers’ perceptions of the prohibition to work policy through the lens of...
This chapter analyses UK asylum policies since 1999 in the context of wider neoliberal approaches to...
The ‘refugee crisis’ in Europe has drawn attention to the reasons why people risk desperate journeys...
Reforms of the system around the accommodation and support needs of asylum seekers entering the Unit...
To cope with the challenges posed by growing numbers of asylum seekers, Western European countries h...
The ‘refugee crisis’ in Europe has drawn attention to the reasons why people risk desperate journeys...
Abstract: This article discusses asylum seekers and the right to work in the UK. Differential access...
This article discusses asylum seekers and the right to work in the UK. Differential access to the la...
Each year, hundreds of thousands of individuals become asylum applicants as they request protection ...
Since the mid 1990s third sector professionals and organisations have come under increasing pressure...
This paper draws on empirical data generated in the ‘Everyday Bordering in the UK’ project, with a f...