The Language of Asylum Refugees and Discourse
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 conte
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Also by Chris McVittie and Andy McKinlay IDENTITIES IN CONTEXT: Individuals and Discourse in Action SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND DISCOURSE
The Language of Asylum Refugees and Discourse Steve Kirkwood University of Edinburgh, UK
Simon Goodman Coventry University, UK
Chris McVittie Queen Margaret University, UK
Andy McKinlay University of Edinburgh, UK
© Steve Kirkwood, Simon Goodman, Chris McVittie and Andy McKinlay 2016
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Contents Acknowledgements
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Introduction
1
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
7 24
Part II Getting Here 3 Places of Death – Constructing Asylum-Seekers’ and Refugees’ Countries of Origin
43
4 Places of Safety – Constructing Countries of Refuge
61
5 Who Counts as an Asylum-Seeker or Refugee?
78
Part III Being Here 6 Asylum-Seekers and the Right to Work 7 Relationships with Local Residents – Antagonism, Racism and Belonging
99 121
Part IV Staying Here or Going Back 8 Refugees, Asylum-Seekers and Integration
143
9 Destitution, Detention and Forced Return
162
Part V Conclusion 10 Conclusion
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Key Terms
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