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Arrived, Yet In-between: Experiences of Iranian Asylum-Seeker Women Living with Insecure Residency in Australia
The plight of asylum seekers is a politically contested issue in Australia. Iranian women have been the largest number of asylum-seekers/Many have...
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The Challenges Faced by Professional Asylum Seeker-Related NGO Workers in Turkey
Professional asylum seeker-related NGOs (non-governmental organizations) have been visible actors in Turkey, which is one of the most affected...
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Housing in Place: Housing, Neighbourhood and Resettlement for People from Refugee and Asylum Seeker Backgrounds in Australia
Housing is an important part of building a new life for people from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds. However, relatively little is known about...
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The Enforced Destitution of Asylum Seekers in the UK
Asylum seekers are often destitute upon their arrival in the UK and, thus, they depend primarily on the UK government to support them. Yet, the UK...
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Caring and building friendships in the UK’s asylum system
To care and feel cared for are considered fundamental to what makes us human, and what enables us to live and thrive in this world. Yet for the UK’s...
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Supporting People Seeking Asylum in the Australian Community: A Service Provider Perspective
Deterrence of asylum seekers, including via restrictive refugee determination processes, is increasingly common in many countries. In Australia,...
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Why failed asylum seekers should have a conditional right to stay: an ethical guideline for policy debates
This article aims to reconcile the moral rights of failed asylum seekers with the integrity of the asylum system. Can the state grant failed asylum...
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“I Live in Agony”: the Everyday Insecurity of Rejected Somali Asylum-seekers in Finland
Finland, like other countries in Europe, has recently implemented restrictive asylum policies intended to deter asylum-seekers. This article uses the...
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Asylum seekers, Refugees and Social Safety Nets: Opportunities and Challenges at Tongogara Refugee Camp, Chi**e, Zimbabwe
The study examines the experiences of asylum seekers and refugees in accessing social safety nets at Tongogara Refugee Camp (TRC). A qualitative...
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Bureaucratic configuration and discretion in asylum case processing: the case of the EUAA in Greece
This article takes an in-depth look at caseworkers at the European Union Asylum Agency in Greece. The agency’s increased role in asylum case...
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The Urbanisation of Asylum
This chapter explores the growing prominence of urban contexts, urban authorities, and urban politics in sha** debates on asylum and refuge that...
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Social contact and encounter in asylum seeker reception: the Utrecht Refugee Launchpad
The Utrecht Refugee Launchpad was an experiment at city-level to create a more inclusive form of asylum seeker reception. The initiative used...
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‘Plenty of Time, Out of Time’. Plurality of Timing in the Italian Asylum Reception System. Outcomes from the Field
In recent years, there has been a noticeable emphasis on migration processes framed within the context of a ‘crisis.’ This emphasis underscores a...
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The Poor Integration Results of the Common European Asylum System Compared to the Temporary Protection Directive: The Case of the Netherlands
Taking the case of the Netherlands, we compare integration outcomes of the traditional asylum reception system (implementing the Refugee Convention),...
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Just Around the Corner: How Cross-ethnic Solidarity Is Established Between Locals and the Asylum-Seekers and Refugees in a Local NGO
The paper examines how an NGO, established by a group of Hong Kong students, an academic (myself) and a group of asylum-seekers and refugees from...
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‘Do I Have to Say Exactly Word by Word?’ (Re)producing and Negotiating Asymmetrical Relations in Asylum Interviews
In this paper, we conduct a critical discourse analytical study of asylum interviews in order to contribute to knowledge and awareness of (a) how...
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Australia’s Hard-Line Approach to Asylum Seekers
This chapter offers an overview of the impacts of the Australian federal government’s immigration policies, and the related public perceptions such...
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Asylum and Language Analysis: P. Patrick
Language Analysis for Determination of Origin (LADO) is a new branch of applied linguistics, used by governments in processing asylum seekers who are...
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Public Attitudes Towards Muslim Asylum Seekers in Australia
This chapter begins by exploring the evolution of contemporary attitudes to asylum seekers and refugees in the broadest sense. While attitudes to...