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Refugee women in Britain and France

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Manchester : Manchester University Press, (c)2010.Description: 1 online resource (225 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781847792600
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HV640 .R448 2010
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Contents:
Subject: This book is about the lives of refugee women in Britain and France. Who are they? Where do they come from? What happens to them when they arrive, while they wait for a decision on their claim for asylum, and after the decision, whether positive or negative?It shows how laws and processes designed to meet the needs of men fleeing political persecution often fail to protect women from persecution in their home countries and fail to meet their needs during and after the decision-making process. It portrays refugee women as resilient, resourceful and potentially active participants in British and.
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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE Non-fiction HV640.4.7 A45 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available ocn818847227

Includes bibliographies and index.

9780719071225; 9780719071225; Copyright; Contents; List of tables; List of abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Policies and practices: international, European and national frameworks; 2 Migration contexts, demographic and social characteristics: refugee women in Britain and France; 3 Refugee women in Britain; 4 Refugee women in France; 5 Refugees, gender and citizenship in Britain and France; 6 Refugee women and NGOs; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

This book is about the lives of refugee women in Britain and France. Who are they? Where do they come from? What happens to them when they arrive, while they wait for a decision on their claim for asylum, and after the decision, whether positive or negative?It shows how laws and processes designed to meet the needs of men fleeing political persecution often fail to protect women from persecution in their home countries and fail to meet their needs during and after the decision-making process. It portrays refugee women as resilient, resourceful and potentially active participants in British and.

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