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2001 Asylum Seekers: a guide to recent legislation
Description:
Chapter One
The new law and procedure
by Mick Chatwin
An introduction to legal representation, including accessing representation, regulations, the new law and procedure on applications and appeals and detention and bail.Chapter Two
The support and dispersal of asylum seekers
by Nadine Finch
This chapter concentrates on the National Asylum Support Service (NASS), dispersal and support for asylum seekers and refugees in general.Chapter Three
Housing and related benefits
by Sue Lukes
This chapter covers the rights of asylum seekers to gain access to public sector housing, the Housing Act 1996 and the Code of Guidance.Chapter Four
Access to health, employment and education
by Jane Coker
This chapter covers access to health, education and employment for asylum seekers and refugees.Chapter Five
Vulnerable categories
by Alison Stanley
This chapter deals with 'vulnerable categories' of asylum seekers- children, victims of torture, women and people with mental health problems.In addition to these five chapters explaining the recent legislation, this guide contains information about the Office of Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC) and the Asylum Seekers Adjudicator (ASA).
There is also a glossary of immigration and other specialist terminology. In addition, this guide contains a directory of refugee community groups and of agencies providing advice for refugees and asylum seekers.
Publication and distribution of this guide has been made possible by a grant from the Legal Services Commission.Copies of this guide are being provided free of charge by Resource Information Service to organisations working with asylum seekers and refugees. Copies are available from Resource Information Service. Postage and packing will be charged if more than one copy is ordered."
© Resource Information Service and the authors March 2001.
Free download in PDF format - 104 pages
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