The Treatment of Asylum Seekers in the UK

The Journal of Social Welfare & Family Law, 29 1: 49-65, 2007

Posted: 26 Jun 2015

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Peter Billings

University of Queensland - T.C. Beirne School of Law

Date Written: 2007

Abstract

Immigration and asylum policy has been one of the most politically and publicly divisive issues in the United Kingdom and other liberal democracies in the last 20 years. Reception conditions are central to asylum policy and, therefore, at the heart of this discord. Asylum policy has been a key issue in elections and sparked conflicts between politicians and the judiciary. Challenges to the procedures and policies established by the United Kingdom to give effect to its ‘protection’ obligations to non‐nationals have been the loci of significant developments in the evolution of public law principles and norms. The drama over asylum seekers and social welfare has arisen because of dwindling political and popular support for refugees and the enactment of a statutory bill of rights – the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) – which has acted as a normative counterweight to restrictive asylum welfare policies.

JEL Classification: K00

Suggested Citation

Billings, Peter, The Treatment of Asylum Seekers in the UK (2007). The Journal of Social Welfare & Family Law, 29 1: 49-65, 2007, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2623413

Peter Billings (Contact Author)

University of Queensland - T.C. Beirne School of Law ( email )

The University of Queensland
St Lucia
Brisbane, 4072
Australia

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