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Why has Sweden tightened its borders?
Society, Politics & Law

Why has Sweden tightened its borders?

...asylum seekers in the EU in recent years. Developments in 2015, however, have forced the government into a more restrictive approach. Unprecedented numbers are entering Sweden to apply for asylum. Over the years, Sweden has built a reputation as tolerant, open and consensual. True, this image has been tarnished by the assassinations of a prime minister and a foreign...
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Безкоштовні онлайн-ресурси для українців, які проживають у Великобританії та Ірландії
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Безкоштовні онлайн-ресурси для українців, які проживають у Великобританії та Ірландії

...Migrant Help Freedom from Torture Helen Bamber Foundation British Red Cross Refugee Services The Refugee Council (England) The Scottish Refugee Council The Welsh Refugee Council Northern Ireland Community of Refugees and Asylum Seekers Citizens Information Ireland Red Cross Ireland information for refugees and ......
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COVID Chronicles from the Margins
Society, Politics & Law

COVID Chronicles from the Margins

...asylum seekers, refugees and the undocumented. Through participatory, creative methods, we chronicle myriad experiences through images, sounds and texts. These shared problems and opportunities, activities and hobbies, new learning and pleasures, hopes, dreams, fears, are reflections on time, love, discord, courage, isolation, deprivation and desperation. Together with...
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Is blocking migrant benefits missing the point?
Society, Politics & Law

Is blocking migrant benefits missing the point?

...asylum seekers, is hardly being upheld. The burden-sharing schemes that were agreed last year to distribute refugees more evenly over Europe are failing to come to fruition. Donald Tusk, president of the European Council, warned earlier this year that the EU has two months to get the refugee crisis under control, or the whole EU project will be in question. [Leamington...
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The law and social work in Scotland
Health, Sports & Psychology

The law and social work in Scotland

...standards of care The Legal Services Care Commission ensures that the quality of care in Scotland is upheld. Annabell Fowles describes the demands of inspecting both the workforce and amenities. Refugees and asylum seekers Sally Daghlian works for the Scottish Refugee Council, and describes cultural barriers and the services available to those seeking asylum in ......
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What Human Rights Day means to me
Society, Politics & Law

What Human Rights Day means to me

...to the millions of EU expatriates living in the UK post Brexit, immigration-related detention, destitution of asylum seekers especially those who have exhausted their asylum claims, hate crimes that have been raising over the last couple of years. Human rights are real. Let’s support members of our community who are having difficulties in vindicating their human rights....
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Europe’s Borders in Question
Society, Politics & Law

Europe’s Borders in Question

...asylum seekers and refugees make media headlines almost every day. John Allen asks, what's the role of borders in this movement of people?...[A map showing the countries within the European free movement zone] Borders are supposed to be at the edges of sovereign territory, a place where access and entry is controlled through checkpoints and passport controls. In the case...
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Displaced children of our time
Education & Development

Displaced children of our time

...asylum per year. International law on children's rights means that child refugees, especially unaccompanied children, ought to have better guarantees of protection, but in practice resources are often limited. For older children - teenagers and young people moving into adulthood - some new problems arise. They are less likely to garner sympathy: while young children may...
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