The Enforced Destitution of Asylum Seekers in the UK

IF 1.4 Q2 SOCIAL WORK Journal of Human Rights and Social Work Pub Date : 2024-03-06 DOI:10.1007/s41134-024-00300-8

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Abstract

Asylum seekers are often destitute upon their arrival in the UK and, thus, they depend primarily on the UK government to support them. Yet, the UK government has been enforcing the destitution of asylum seekers through socio-political and economic mechanisms. Socio-political mechanisms of destitution relate to repressive asylum policies inhibiting asylum seekers’ access to mainstream benefits, employment and their ability to do meaningful activities, while economic mechanisms of destitution relate to an insufficient asylum allowance that leaves asylum seekers destitute. This article uses 50 interviews conducted with asylum seekers, refugees and staff from various organisations to explore asylum seekers’ experiences of enforced destitution in Glasgow. Findings indicate that socio-political mechanisms of destitution underpin experiences of destitution and are the precursor to the economic mechanism of destitution. Findings also show that economic mechanisms of destitution challenge asylum seekers’ ability to meet their subsistence needs. Furthermore, the UK government’s enforced destitution of asylum seekers has caused asylum seekers to depend upon the third sector to fill the gaps in meeting their basic needs.

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英国对寻求庇护者的强迫驱逐

摘要寻求庇护者抵达英国后往往一贫如洗，因此他们主要依靠英国政府的支持。然而，英国政府却一直通过社会政治和经济机制来实施对寻求庇护者的赤贫政策。社会政治机制导致的赤贫与压制性庇护政策有关，这些政策抑制了寻求庇护者获得主流福利、就业和从事有意义活动的能力；经济机制导致的赤贫与庇护津贴不足有关，这些津贴使寻求庇护者陷入赤贫。本文通过对寻求庇护者、难民和不同组织的工作人员进行 50 次访谈，探讨了格拉斯哥寻求庇护者的强制赤贫经历。研究结果表明，社会政治赤贫机制是赤贫经历的基础，也是经济赤贫机制的前奏。研究结果还表明，赤贫的经济机制对寻求庇护者满足其生存需求的能力提出了挑战。此外，英国政府对寻求庇护者的强制赤贫使寻求庇护者不得不依赖第三部门来填补满足其基本需求的缺口。

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Journal of Human Rights and Social Work SOCIAL WORK-

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期刊介绍： This journal offers an outlet for articles that support social work as a human rights profession. It brings together knowledge about addressing human rights in practice, research, policy, and advocacy as well as teaching about human rights from around the globe. Articles explore the history of social work as a human rights profession; familiarize participants on how to advance human rights using the human rights documents from the United Nations; present the types of monitoring and assessment that takes place internationally and within the U.S.; demonstrate rights-based practice approaches and techniques; and facilitate discussion of the implications of human rights tools and the framework for social work practice.