| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
PART ONE Issues of Law, Theory, Politics and Practice -- The basic issues -- A brief political history -- An outline of current immigration control -- Basic good practice for welfare professionals and legal advisors -- PART TWO Immigration Control and the Family -- Dividing families -- Beyond the family -- Asylum -- Deportation and removal -- Immigration law versus child protection law -- PART THREE The Welfare State -- Benefits and immigration status -- Housing services and immigration status -- Education services and immigration status |
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Social services, community care and immigration status -- Medical services and immigration status -- Further health issues for medical workers and others -- Probation and immigration status -- PART FOUR Resolving the Political and Practice Issues -- Professional practice and campaigning -- Good practice, welfare agencies and non- compliance -- Conclusion -- Subject Index -- Author Index |
| Summary |
Annotation This handbook examines the law, including the 1999 Immigration and Asylum Act, as it applies to the relationship between issues of welfare, immigration control, and refugee status, giving pointers for good practice. The practical application of the law is illustrated with case studies. Guidelines for anti-racist practice, campaigning, contesting immigration status, working with asylum-seekers, interviewing, report writing, and liasing between welfare professionals and legal representatives are featured. An appendix includes contact information for agencies mentioned in the book. Cohen is an immigration lawyer. The book is distributed by Taylor and Francis. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR |
| Audience |
College Audience Jessica Kingsley Limited |
| Subject |
Family social work -- Great Britain
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Social work with immigrants -- Great Britain
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Emigration and immigration -- Government policy.
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Family social work.
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Social work with immigrants.
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy
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| Subject |
Great Britain.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781853027239 |
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1853027235 |
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