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A paper which considers the particular issues which affect female refugees and asylum seekers in the UK, and suggests policy frameworks which might be introduced to alleviate some of the current problems. Bibliography lists 19 sources.
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affect asylum seekers in the UK, and how these affect women in particular. Secondly, a suggested framework for further research will be outlined, focusing on these issues and how best
they might be further explored and evaluated, and what relevance this has for both asylum seekers themselves, and for British political policy in this regard.
As Clayton (2004) pertinently observes, Britain has a long history of treating immigrant groups with hostility, from Jews in the 19th century to present-day refugees and asylum seekers. Gellaw
(2001) comments that despite the existence of both European and domestic policies intended to ensure fair treatment for asylum seekers, the existence of racist and xenophobic political agendas has tended
to undermine the effectiveness of such policies, as well as fuelling misperceptions within the mainstream culture regarding the impact of asylum seekers on social welfare systems and the economy as
a whole. Schalin (1999) makes the point that greater flexibility amongst the workforce is an essential element of European growth, and therefore
the establishment of realistic, workable and pragmatic policies regarding asylum seekers is a priority. A number of organisations and advocacy groups make the point that female asylum seekers frequently face
gender-related issues which are not adequately addressed by the British welfare and support system: in fact, the trend towards a "gender blind" approach does not establish a greater degree of
equality but works actively against the interests of women. Asylum Aid (2002), in a report by the Refugee Womens Resource Project,
states for example that women often face particular types of persecution which men do not, including sexual violence, forced sterilisation and FGM: they note that woman asylum seekers frequently find
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