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Today’s immigration laws have teeth, and their bite is toxic for people seeking asylum
Society, Politics & Law

Today’s immigration laws have teeth, and their bite is toxic for people seeking asylum

...refugee status. The practice of dispersal means people seeking asylum can be moved away from friends and family at any point, without choice or negotiation, with little notice, to a place they may have never been. Eventually, from speaking with the two women, it transpired that they had been approached by staff from one private sector provider at the accommodation block...
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When the public speaks: How refugees welcome shows the public as dangerous giants
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When the public speaks: How refugees welcome shows the public as dangerous giants

...Asylum seekers arrive in Messina, Sicily - June 30th 2015] Asylum seekers arriving in Messina, June 30th, 2015 Indeed, those who have been following the refugee crisis over the past four years have viewed countless tragic images. But there is—for the moment, at least—something significant about this particular photograph. It could be because the image is deceptively...
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Music and mental health: the parallels between Victorian asylum treatments and modern social prescribing
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Music and mental health: the parallels between Victorian asylum treatments and modern social prescribing

...asylum. ...Music has a powerful effect on the listener. It is linked to better mental health, and it has been shown to alleviate loneliness, pain, anxiety and depression. For this reason, it is increasingly being prescribed by doctors as a form of medicine. This practice – where patients are referred to various activities such as running groups, art classes and choirs...
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Occupying Turin: refugees breathe life into abandoned buildings of Olympic village, but authorities want them out
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Occupying Turin: refugees breathe life into abandoned buildings of Olympic village, but authorities want them out

...refugees in Turin’s Olympic village to find some modicum of stability in their daily lives...[Turin refugee cartoon, society matters] Arriving at the Olympic Village in Turin, the stage for the 2006 Winter Olympics, it is easy to guess which buildings have been maintained as student houses and youth hostels, and now house refugees. The peeling blue and grey paint is...
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Seeking Sanctuary
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Seeking Sanctuary

...refugees and asylum seekers find political voice? Many face hostility, isolation and exclusion, but while waiting to seek sanctuary what positive, constructive and engaging contributions can they do for society? City of Sanctuary is a movement set up to foster a culture of hospitality in sixteen major cities across the UK... Seeking Sanctuary We hear from successful...
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Free online resources for Ukrainians settling in the UK and Ireland
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Free online resources for Ukrainians settling in the UK and Ireland

...refugees and asylum seekers. If you're a refugee or asylum seeker applying to higher education, there may be support available to help you with finance and your studies. Distance learning resources collated by Migrant Help. STAR (Student Action for Refugees) is the national network of students building a more understanding and just ......
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Explore the range of migrant experiences: Play Uneven Journeys
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Explore the range of migrant experiences: Play Uneven Journeys

...asylum seeker, an economic migrant and an investor might take to the UK. As the Syrian refugee crisis was high on the political agenda, Agnes, Nele and Nele’s partner at Goller&Vos, Alexander, thought it important to portray the unevenness of the journeys by focussing on a Syrian asylum seeker trying to find safe-haven in the UK. As you traverse Syria, Turkey and ......
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Rwanda: an open and shut case?
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Rwanda: an open and shut case?

...asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing has dominated the news in recent months. The main area of contention has centred on the question of whether Rwanda can be considered a safe country. This article considers how this question was decided by the UK’s Supreme Court and why that decision did not ultimately resolve the issue...Case open In December 2022, a case was...
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