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Detaining asylum seekers [PDF]

BMJ, 1997
The recent hunger strike by asylum seekers detained at Rochester prison has brought to public attention the British government's practice of detaining some of those seeking political asylum. Between 750 and 800 such people are in British prisons or detention centres at any one time. Some remain detained for over a year. This practice is neither humane,
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Norwegian citizens’ responses to influxes of asylum seekers: comparing across two refugee crises

Social Influence, 2023
We compared Norwegians’ attitudes to immigration, perspective taking, and intergroup behaviors directed at asylum seekers in 2016 (Syrians and Afghans) and 2022 (Ukrainians).
Lise Bjånesøy, Hege H. Bye
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Communicable Diseases Prevalence among Refugees and Asylum Seekers: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Infectious Disease Reports, 2023
Background: Communicable diseases remain a significant global health issue. The increase in refugees and asylum seekers associated with conflicts may alter the burden of communicable diseases in host countries.
Haitham Taha, Jo Durham, Simon Reid
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When public opinion drives national asylum policymaking: The case of Kurdish asylum seekers in Japan

Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies, 2020
How does public opinion influence national asylum policymaking? This article analyses the change in Japan's asylum policy towards Kurdish asylum seekers from Turkey in the mid‐2000s.
Hirotaka Fujibayashi
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ASYLUM SEEKERS IN A NON-IMMIGRANT STATE AND THE ABSENCE OF REGIONAL ASYLUM SEEKERS MECHANISM: A CASE STUDY OF ROHINGYA ASYLUM SEEKERS IN ACEH-INDONESIA AND ASEAN RESPONSE

Indonesia Law Review, 2017
The problem of asylum seekers has become a global humanitarian issues. Demands regarding the handling mechanisms based on the values of human rights is getting stronger voiced by the international community.
Bilal Dewansyah, Wicaksana Dramanda, Imam Mulyana   +2 more
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No One Wants to Hire Us: The intersectional precarity experienced by Venezuelan LGBTQ+ asylum seekers in Brazil during COVID-19

Anti-Trafficking Review, 2023
This article presents a case study of how COVID-19 has increased the precarity and risks of labour exploitation for vulnerable populations. Looking at the situation of LGBTQ+ Venezuelan asylum seekers in Brazil during COVID-19, it examines how the ...
Yvonne Su
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Exposure to asylum seekers and changing support for the radical right: A natural experiment in the Netherlands.

PLoS ONE, 2021
As a result of the 2015 refugee crisis, a substantial number of voters experienced a sudden and unexpected influx of asylum seekers in their neighbourhood in the Netherlands.
Jochem Tolsma, Joran Laméris, Michael Savelkoul   +2 more
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Unlocking asylum seekers’ voices: protocol of a mixed-method clinical study on the use of the cultural formulation interview with asylum seekers in Belgium

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023
BackgroundDespite a high prevalence of mental disorders among asylum seekers, many barriers to mental healthcare exist. Cultural and contextual factors strongly influence the experience and expression of psychological distress, putting asylum seekers at ...
Lukas Claus, Lukas Claus, Meryam Schouler-Ocak, Mario H. Braakman, Mario H. Braakman, Bernard Sabbe, Godfried Van Beuren, Seline van den Ameele, Seline van den Ameele   +8 more
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Complying with international and regional law during the pandemic - Asylum seekers and COVID-19 emergency measures in EU Member States Germany and Greece

Social Sciences and Humanities Open, 2022
This paper analyzes measures taken by EU Member States Greece and Germany during the first stages of the COVID-19 pandemic with regard to asylum seekers.
Danni Reches
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An Ethnographic Study of Deaf Refugees Seeking Asylum in Finland

Societies, 2019
Deaf asylum seekers are a marginalized group of people in refugee and forced migration studies. The aim of this paper is to explore and highlight the experiences of deaf asylum seekers in the asylum procedure in Finland.
Nina Sivunen
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