The Language of Asylum Refugees and Discourse /

• Main Authors: Kirkwood, Steve (Author), Goodman, Simon (Author), McVittie, Chris (Author), McKinlay, Andy (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
• Subjects: Psychology.; Sociolinguistics.; Social structure.; Social inequality.; Emigration and immigration.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Community psychology.; Environmental psychology.; Personality and Social Psychology.; Migration.; Community and Environmental Psychology.; Social Structure, Social Inequality.

The early part of the 21st century has been marked by widespread social upheaval and geographical displacement of people. This book examines how refugees, asylum-seekers, locals and professional refugee workers make sense of asylum and refuge in the context of current UK asylum policies.