Border watch : cultures of immigration, detention and control
Hall, Alexandra2012
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Questions over immigration and asylum face almost all Western countries. Should only economically useful immigrants be allowed? What should be done with unwanted or 'illegal' immigrants? In this book, Alexandra Hall shows that immigration detention centres offer a window onto society's broader attitudes towards immigrants.Subject: In this fascinating study the author writes about a fictional (but based soundly on fact) immigration removal centre, Locksdon, which accomodates men who have been detained under UK immigration law. Asking questions such as: What kind of place is a detent
Main title:
Border watch : cultures of immigration, detention and control / Alexandra Hall.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Pluto, 2012.
Collation:
vii, 199 p. ; 23 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780745327242 (hbk)
Dewey class:
353.4840941IM.2.02HAL
Local class:
IM.2.02/HAL
Language:
English
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BRN:
1108106