Who is who now? : truth, trust and identification in the British asylum and immigration detention system

This thesis examines the role of identity and practices of identification in the British asylum system. Identity has become a 'keyword' (Shore and Wright 1997a) of asylum policy, despite its absence from the Refugee Convention and most international refugee protection guidance. The 'p...

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Main Author: Griffiths, Melanie Bethan Elaine
Published: University of Oxford 2014
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.665292