This paper charts the development of restrictive asylum policy since New Labour came into power in 1997, and assesses party political responses to asylum during this period. It considers how far a discourse of control has become dominant across the political spectrum over recent years, and develops an account of the flourishing of restrictive asylum policy in contemporary Britain. In so doing, the paper challenges conventional interpretations that perceive restrictive policies to be a direct result of rising numbers of asylum applications and 'abuse' of the asylum system. It also challenges interpretations that perceive restrictive policies to result directly from popular pressures to intensify controls. Instead, the paper argues that restr...
The issue of asylum has become the focus of intense debate over recent years, much of which is organ...
The issue of asylum has become the focus of intense debate over recent years, much of which is organ...
This chapter examines how discourses on asylum and childhood intersect in policy and practice in the...
Analysis of asylum policy in the United Kingdom thus requires examination of the complex interaction...
This paper examines asylum detention in Britain and the politics of its justificatory discourses und...
This paper examines asylum detention in Britain and the politics of its justificatory discourses und...
This thesis offers an investigation into the social construction and social control of the asylum 'p...
Over the past 15 years asylum seekers have experienced increasingly restrictive policies as regards ...
This paper considers how discretion, understood as both a capacity to make decisions and a form of i...
Analysis of asylum policy in the United Kingdom thus requires examination of the complex interaction...
Analysis of asylum policy in the United Kingdom thus requires examination of the complex interaction...
Since 1990 when Britain witnessed a spike in asylum applications, consecutive governments have adopt...
Since 1990 when Britain witnessed a spike in asylum applications, consecutive governments have adopt...
Analysis of asylum policy in the United Kingdom thus requires examination of the complex interaction...
The aim of this research is to examine the impact of UKs immigration policies and procedures on asyl...
The issue of asylum has become the focus of intense debate over recent years, much of which is organ...
The issue of asylum has become the focus of intense debate over recent years, much of which is organ...
This chapter examines how discourses on asylum and childhood intersect in policy and practice in the...
Analysis of asylum policy in the United Kingdom thus requires examination of the complex interaction...
This paper examines asylum detention in Britain and the politics of its justificatory discourses und...
This paper examines asylum detention in Britain and the politics of its justificatory discourses und...
This thesis offers an investigation into the social construction and social control of the asylum 'p...
Over the past 15 years asylum seekers have experienced increasingly restrictive policies as regards ...
This paper considers how discretion, understood as both a capacity to make decisions and a form of i...
Analysis of asylum policy in the United Kingdom thus requires examination of the complex interaction...
Analysis of asylum policy in the United Kingdom thus requires examination of the complex interaction...
Since 1990 when Britain witnessed a spike in asylum applications, consecutive governments have adopt...
Since 1990 when Britain witnessed a spike in asylum applications, consecutive governments have adopt...
Analysis of asylum policy in the United Kingdom thus requires examination of the complex interaction...
The aim of this research is to examine the impact of UKs immigration policies and procedures on asyl...
The issue of asylum has become the focus of intense debate over recent years, much of which is organ...
The issue of asylum has become the focus of intense debate over recent years, much of which is organ...
This chapter examines how discourses on asylum and childhood intersect in policy and practice in the...