The Language of Asylum [electronic resource] : Refugees and Discourse /
Kirkwood, Steven.author.
Goodman, Simon.author.
McVittie, Chris.author.
McKinlay, Andy.author.
The early part of the 21st century has been marked by widespread social upheaval and geographical displacement of people. This book examines how refugees, asylum-seekers, locals and professional refugee workers make sense of asylum and refuge in the context of current UK asylum policies.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Seeking Asylum and the Journey; 1 Policy and Research on Refugees and Asylum-Seekers; 2 Theory and Method in Understanding the Experiences of Refugees and Asylum-Seekers; Part II: Getting Here; 3 Places of Death - Constructing Asylum-Seekers' and Refugees' Countries of Origin; 4 Places of Safety - Constructing Countries of Refuge; 5 Who Counts as an Asylum-Seeker or Refugee?; Part III: Being Here; 6 Asylum-Seekers and the Right to Work; 7 Relationships with Local Residents - Antagonism, Racism and Belonging
Part IV: Staying Here or Going Back8 Refugees, Asylum-Seekers and Integration; 9 Destitution, Detention and Forced Return; Part V: Conclusion; 10 Conclusion; Key Terms; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The early part of the 21st century has been marked by widespread social upheaval and geographical displacement of people. This book examines how refugees, asylum-seekers, locals and professional refugee workers make sense of asylum and refuge in the context of current UK asylum policies.
Consciousness.
Sociolinguistics.
Migration.
Applied psychology.
Personality and Social Psychology.
Sociolinguistics.
Migration.
Community and Environmental Psychology.
Social Structure, Social Inequality.