Humanity within the Dwelling Workplace: A Examine of the Impression of UK Immigration Coverage on the Asylum System and The way it Ought to Change.
Supervised by Prof. Thom Brooks, Division of Legislation and Authorities, College of Durham
Targets
- Synthesise present literature and undertake qualitative analysis to find out the elemental causes behind the UK’s asylum system’s inefficiency.
- Decide the affect that the brand new Nationalities and Borders Act, in addition to the introduction of the Rwanda Coverage can have on the system.
- Make options in a coverage doc of what modifications are required to sort out the asylum backlog, stop the misuse of assets and supply a extra humane expertise for asylum seekers.
Venture Background
Immigration coverage is a extremely divisive subject within the UK, with opposing attitudes to the asylum system constituting a hostile debate that may manifest in xenophobic attitudes and polarisation. The introduction of the Nationalities and Borders Act emphasises the routes that asylum seekers take to get to the UK within the willpower of accessible safety. Furthermore, the federal government’s treaty with Rwanda presents a controversial coverage centred on deterrence. I wish to analyse the effectiveness of recent modifications and contemplate how these insurance policies are impacting the refugee expertise with respect to public opinion.
The UNHCR lately revealed an audit into the UK asylum system and located it “an inefficient and unnecessarily difficult system”. I plan deconstruct the politicisation of immigration coverage to know the factual proof of what’s a protected an environment friendly system of processing asylum claims in a compassionate method. I may even embody the broader implication of my coverage suggestions by way of cultural integration and public discourse.
Officers typically should not have the coaching or sufficient time to hold out all of the duties anticipated of them which may end up in inaccuracies in outcomes. This isn’t solely unsustainable but in addition jeopardises the welfare of asylum-seekers, typically who’re traumatised, victims of trafficking and important human rights abuses. I’ll contemplate the broader expertise of individuals going via the asylum system, such because the widespread incidence of refugee homelessness as soon as an utility has been authorized, in order that the system not solely processes purposes pretty and rapidly but in addition assist to arrange refugees for all times within the UK.
My analysis can be undertaken in a time of political uncertainty, with a probable change in authorities mid-way. I’ll utilise this time to seek the advice of occasion manifestos offering a variety of immigration methods. It can make my analysis much more priceless because the incoming occasion should reconstruct a damaged system.
Methodology
My analysis will synthesise data from the authorized implications to the political pressures to the financial components. I’ll work with my supervisor intently to make sure the sources and first literature I take advantage of are politically balanced. I’ll conduct a qualitative evaluation by interviewing individuals near the asylum-seeker expertise, together with activists with expertise in worldwide political roles and charity staff. I additionally hope to interview Dwelling Officers for insights into the sensible downfalls of the system. I’ll discuss with international asylum techniques, accounting for contextual variations to realize new views on the problems.
I’ll incorporate a quantitative evaluation in my financial evaluate how a system operates, nonetheless it needs to be thought of that usually statistics surrounding asylum-seekers might be inaccurate, resulting from its unofficial nature.
