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Expansion And Restriction: Competing Pressures On United Kingdom Asylum Policy, Elizabeth Keyes
Expansion And Restriction: Competing Pressures On United Kingdom Asylum Policy, Elizabeth Keyes
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Analysis of asylum policy in the United Kingdom thus requires examination of the complex interaction between domestic and international pressures, between legislative and judicial action, and between expansionism and restrictionism. In Part I, this paper considers the history of asylum in the UK through the 1990s, looking at the changes that occurred over the 20th century, and the international legal obligations at the core of the UK's asylum policy. The paper specifically addresses Britain's new commitments to European Union asylum policies, and the ways in which Britain's overall relationship with the EU affects Britain's domestic asylum policy. In Part II, …