Social Work, Immigration and Asylum: Debates, Dilemmas and Ethical Issues for Social Work and Social Care Practice

Editor : Debra Hayes, Editor : Beth Humphries

Social Work, Immigration and Asylum: Debates, Dilemmas and Ethical Issues for Social Work and Social Care Practice

Book Details

  • Publisher : Jessica Kingsley
  • Published : 2004
  • Cover : Paperback
  • Category :
    Counselling
  • Catalogue No : 91843
  • ISBN 13 : 9781843101949
  • ISBN 10 : 1843101947

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Drawing from the experience of practitioners working in child protection and family support, disability, the criminal justice system, asylum teams and immigration tribunals, Immigration and Asylum will prepare professionals working in these and related fields to deal with the complex situations of people subject to immigration control and to develop interventions appropriate to their differing needs.

Debra Hayes is a senior lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University. She has worked with the Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit and was involved in initiating the Campaign Against Double Punishment whist working in the probation services.

Beth Humphries is a reader in Social Work at Lancaster University. Her research interests include welfare and immigration controls, 'race' and racism, gender and feminist theory and adult learning.

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