When policy creates politics: The problematizing of immigration and the consequences for refugee integration in the UK

Journal of Refugee Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 437-462

  Mulvey, Gareth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asylum policy; Immigration; Integration; Policy analysis

Indexed keywords

ASYLUM SEEKER; IMMIGRATION POLICY; LABOR MIGRATION; LABOR POLICY; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKING; REFUGEE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78649836160     PISSN: 09516328     EISSN: 14716925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jrs/feq045     Document Type: Article

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