Canning, ‘Reimagining refugee rights’, 2019
- Category: Reports
- Source: Academic
- Subject: Sexual Orientation/Sexuality, Gender Identity, Intersex, Refugee/Asylum, Migration, Gender, Religion, Ethnicity/Race, Human Rights, LGBT+
- Place: Europe, United Kingdom
- Year: 2019
- File: uk-dk-se-reimagining-refugee-rights-asylum-harms-3-19
- URL: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/policybristol/policy-briefings/reimagining-refugees-rights/
Victoria Canning, ‘Reimagining refugee rights: addressing asylum harms in Britain, Denmark & Sweden’, Policy Report 49, March 2019
Abstract
For people seeking asylum in Northern Europe, reaching a safe country is a key goal. However, many face unexpected and unduly harsh realities: poverty, poor healthcare, racism and Islamophobia can make life incredibly difficult. This raises serious ethical concerns. Rather than accessing rights, many people experience the degeneration of their mental health, loss of job-related skills as time goes on, and social isolation.