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Asylum and welfare: contemporary debates

Alice Bloch

Goldsmiths College

Liza Schuster

London School of Economics

This article provides the context for the Special Issue. It outlines the differential eligibility for welfare rights experienced by people with varying citizenship statuses and notes the increasing exclusion and marginalization of asylum seekers in European countries of asylum. In this article, we also examine the robustness of the arguments that have been used to justify the curtailment of welfare in some European countries; namely, that welfare acts as a magnet for asylum seekers. Linked to this is the use of asylum seekers as a political tool. We also explore the consequences of this which include racism and xenophobia. Finally, the article outlines the themes arising from the contributions in the Special Issue.

Key Words: exclusion • political opportunism • racism • refugees

Critical Social Policy, Vol. 22, No. 3, 393-414 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/026101830202200302
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