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‘Because Migri Says So’: Legitimation in Negative Asylum Decisions in Finland
Nordic Journal of Migration Research, 2020 This article argues that authorisation and moral evaluation are the dominant legitimation strategies used in asylum decisions by the Finnish Immigration Service (Migri). After the migration events of 2015, the percentage of accepted asylum claims dropped
Erna Bodström
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Refugee Roulette: Disparities in Asylum Adjudication [PDF]
, 2007 This study analyzes databases of merits decisions from all four levels of the asylum adjudication process: 133,000 decisions by 884 asylum officers over a seven year period; 140,000 decisions of 225 immigration judges over a four-and-a-half year period ...
Ramji-Nogales, Jaya +2 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.Laterally spreading tumors (LSTs) are precancerous colorectal lesions characterized by a flat morphology. This study reveals a mechanochemical pathway through which a soft matrix microenvironment diminishes spatial constraints in intestinal adenomas. This process promotes deficiencies in tight junction proteins, mediated by the mechanoreceptor ADORA2B ...
Jiamin Zhong +21 more
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Self-efficacy is associated with increased food security in novel food pantry program
SSM: Population Health, 2016 We examined the effect of a novel food pantry intervention (Freshplace) that includes client-choice and motivational interviewing on self-efficacy and food security in food pantry clients.
Katie S. Martin +3 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.This study proposes a flexible MnO2‐P‐ICG nanofiber patch for laparoscopic treatment of liver tumors. The patch alleviates tumor hypoxia and induces photodynamic therapy (PDT) triggered immunogenic cell death, thereby activating the cGAS‐STING pathway and, in synergy with pachymaran, promoting NK cell–mediated innate immunity. This synergistic strategy
Jie Lin +14 more
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Reflections from the encampment decision in the High Court of Kenya
Forced Migration Review, 2014 Civil society groups are embracing a recent victory in the High Court of Kenya as a reminder of the important role that strategic litigation can play in the enforcement and promotion of refugee rights.
Anna Wirth
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Asylum support for children and young people living in Kirklees: Stories of mothers [PDF]
, 2015 The report is based on a one-year pilot study by academic practitioners at WomenCentre, Kirklees, funded by the Nationwide Children’s Research Centre. This study has taken a localised approach to the Parliamentary Inquiry (2013) into asylum support for ...
Lockwood, Kelly +2 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.This study presents a wireless, non‐invasive strategy for neural repair by developing a biodegradable piezoelectric dural patch that, under transcranial ultrasound, generates localized electrical fields to drive endogenous neural stem cells toward neuronal differentiation and functional integration.
Pengbo Zhou +7 more
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Refugee protection in Europe: time for a major overhaul?
Forced Migration Review, 2016 A number of myths surrounding refugee protection may obscure our understanding and complicate the search for solutions, but there are also clear and realistic possibilities for change in the EU’s body of law to enable better outcomes for states and for ...
Maria Stavropoulou
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RefugeBased on an innovative method of knowledge exchange with two third-sector organizations working with asylum migrants in Newcastle, UK, and Parma, Italy, we examine how each has reoriented what they consider as sanctuary-building work in response to ...
Cathrine Degnen +4 more
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