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We wanted to examine not only the experiences that drove asylum seekers to the UK, but also the psychological effects of their experiences in the asylum system.
Britain is now desperately short of workers in some sectors. Yet our interviews with 100 women aged 50 and over show how hard it is for them to find secure employment
UK law says that detention should only be used when deportation is imminent.
The use of scientific processes would be a huge improvement on the UK’s current methods for assessing the age of asylum seekers.
The human rights act dictates that the UK is obliged to protect asylum seekers. So why is the home secretary ignoring it?
The hardship of the pandemic has exposed the extreme nature of a policy the prime minister didn’t even appear to know about.
Global capitalist pressures on labour markets and the search for cheaper workers can lead to slavery.
Changes to immigration rules have left migrants without family and friends in the UK trapped in immigration detention – despite being granted bail.
While the UK does not indefinitely detain children, there are cases where minors are held – and in extreme cases, separated from their parents.
Inconsistencies in how judges handle appeal cases and different levels of legal provision around the country can leave asylum seekers facing a lottery.
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Associate Professor, Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor of Law, University College Cork
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Professor of Law, University of Bristol
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Lecturer in Law, Keele University, University of Hull
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Reader in Migration, Mobility and Development, SOAS, University of London
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Postgraduate Student and Researcher in Migration and Refugee Studies, University of Oxford
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Research Fellow, Social Anthropology, The University of Edinburgh
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Assistant Professor and Birmingham Fellow, University of Birmingham
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Professor in Human Geography, University of Exeter
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Lecturer in contemporary slavery - The Wilberforce Institute, University of Hull
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Senior Teaching Fellow, SOAS, University of London
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Leeds Beckett University
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Leverhulme Trust Doctoral Scholar, Queen Mary University of London
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Lecturer in Human Geography, Macquarie University
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Postdoctoral research associate in osteoarchaeology, University of York
