Asylum seekers

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. (2004). Global refugee trends Overview of refugee populations, new arrivals, durable solutions, asylum seekers and other persons of concern to UNHCR. Oxford Oxford University Press. 

ATA has been paid out since November 2006 in place of the allocation d insertion (integration allowance unemployment assistance), but only for certain unemployed persons, notably asylum seekers and other persons with specific backgrounds, who fail to meet the requirements under insurance law governing the receipt of contributory unemployment benefit (allocation d assurance), but otherwise fulfil the conditions stipulated in the Code du travail are entitled to this solidarity-based benefit (Art. L. 351-9 R. 351-10 Code du travail). 

Colin Campbell and Elaine Clark, Gypsy Invasion a critical analysis of newspaper reaction to Czech and Slovak Romani asylum-seekers in Britain , Romani Studies 10/1 (1997). 

Ron Kaye, Redefining the Refugee the UK media portrayal of asylum seekers , in K. Koser and H Lutz, eds. The New Migration in Europe social constructions and social realities, Macmillan, Basingstoke, 1998. 

Ron Kaye, Redefining the Refugee The UK Media Portrayal of Asylum Seekers , in Khalid Koserand Helma Lutz (Eds), The New Migration in Europe Social Constructions and Social Realities (London Macmillan Press, 1998), pp. 163-82. 

E. El Refaie, Metaphors we Discriminate by Naturalized Themes in Austrian Newspaper Articles about Asylum Seekers , Journal of Sociolinguistics 5, 3 (August 2001), pp. 352-71. 

Refugees and Asylum Seekers Flooding our Country, Swamping our Services... 

A socio linguistic study in a quite different cultural context -Austrian newspaper reports on the Kurdish asylum seekers in Italy in 1998 nicely identifies the metaphors we discriminate by . Three dominant metaphors portray asylum seekers as water ( tidal waves ), as criminals or as an invading army.The repetition of... 

This is easy because Britain is a Haven with generous provisions (Milk and Honey) and is such a Soft Touch Don t Let Britain Be A Soft Touch (Sunday Mirror, 4 August 2001) Labour has made UK a haven for Refugees (Daily Mail, 7 August 1999) Britain as the number one destination for asylum-seekers (Daily Telegraph, 19 February 2001) the Costa del Dole for bogus refugees (Scottish Sun, 11 April 2000). 

These metaphors and images are usually combined Soft Touch That Lets in the Refugee Tricksters (Press Association, 4 November 1999) Bogus Asylum Seekers That Keep on Flooding Into Britain Britain a Soft Touch on Asylum (Daily Express, 26 April 2001) We resent the scroungers, beggars and crooks who are prepared to cross every country in... 

Refugees. There are 20.5 million international and internal refugees, returned refugees, internally displaced people, asylum seekers, and stateless people (UNHCR 2003). 

Juxtaposition of the global core and the periphery creates a dynamic in that the core attracts millions of legal immigrants and asylum seekers and also illegal workers and revolutionaries. The core simultaneously spawns anger and hope. An example of hope The remittances sent home by just one successful mobal [a risk-taker migrant] can sustain an entire extended family in Mexico, India, China, the Philippines, or a host of other countries. ... 

Box 31.1 Asylum seekers and refugees stressors Source Adapted from McColl et al. 2008.)... 

The government provides asylum seekers with accommodation and a small, weekly cash payment ( subsistence ) via the National Asylum Support Service (NASS)... 

Failed asylum seekers can access short-term housing and payment cards for food/toiletries... 

Asylum seekers can apply for work if there s no asylum decision at 1 year... 

Asylum seekers/refugees can access free healthcare... 

Failed asylum seekers can only access primary healthcare, except in immediately life-threatening conditions... 

McColl, H., McKenzie, K. and Bhui, K. (2008) Mental healthcare of asylum seekers and refugees. Advances in Psychiatric Treatment, 14,452 59. 

Refugee Council help and support for asylum seekers and refugees... 

Home Office website for asylum seekers www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/asylum Asylum Advice UK 0808 8000 630. 

The Engineering of Detentional Landscapes Australia s Asylum Seeker Island Prisons... 

U.S. and European Union countries compare. The U.S. had only one asylum seeker per 1,000 inhabitants, the average in 42 member states of the European Union was 1.8 asylum seekers per 1000 inhabitants, and less than 1 person (0.8) asylum seekers per 1000 residents in Australia (UNHCR June 2008 8). Over the last five years, asylum applications in industrialized countries have more than halved. Decreased asylum applications may indicate improved conditions in some of the countries of origin of asylum seekers. A more likely reason for decreased applications (UNHCR 18 March 2008) is the introduction of restrictive policies in some industrialized countries discouraging asylum seekers from applying. 

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