'Starve them out': Does every child really matter? A commentary on section 9 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act, 2004

Critical Social Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 253-275

  Cunningham, Steve ^a   Tomlinson, Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Children; Human rights; Refugees

Indexed keywords

ASYLUM SEEKER; CHILD WELFARE; HUMAN RIGHTS; IMMIGRANT; POVERTY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 17844369721     PISSN: 02610183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261018305051330     Document Type: Article

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