Learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

  • appreciate why social workers need to know about asylum and immigration law
  • understand what it means to be a refugee
  • identify the rights asylum seekers have
  • recognise the support available, as well as barriers to migrants, asylum seekers and refugees accessing services
  • recognise how an understanding of the law and social work values promotes best practice when working with migrants, asylum seekers and refugees.