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Trentham Books | Refugees and New Migrants |
by: Linda Morrice
ISBN: 9781858564906
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176 pages234 x 156mmJune 2011Being a Refugee offers moving insights into the lives of refugees before and after they arrive in the UK. All those featured are professionals with high qualifications and, like all refugees, their personal stories are shaped by their unique biographical, cultural and social backgrounds. Yet each narrative is lived within the broad social template of what it means to be a refugee in contemporary Britain. And together they have significant implications for policy and practice.Combining rich empirical data drawn from their life histories with theoretical insights into learning and identity processes, Linda morrice explores how and what the refugees learn, and the strategies they adopt in the process of building viable and respected identities for themselves in a new social and cultural space. Through life history and logitudinal study, she powerfully challenges the stereotyped images of refugees. On a theoretical, she questions and disrupts our understanding of learning and identity as continuous or constructive processes and argues instead for a conception of learning which acknowledges 'unlearning' and identity deconstruction.The book provides an overview of policy in relation to asylum and immigration issues and reveals the often unintended and contradictory impact of policy on refugees’ lives. It is essential reading for policy makers, professionals and everyone concerned with refugee welfare, it is also invaluable for academic researchers with an interest in lifelong learning, higher education, life history, identity and migration studies.People who bought this item also bought:
Dr Linda Morrice is Lecturer in Continuing Education in the Centre for Community Engagement at the University of Sussex.
The personal narratives which form the core of this book are sensitively presented, with relevant political and theoretical contextualisation. Not only are multiple ways of learning highlighted, but also the valuable contributions that refugees can, and do, make to their communities. The early chapter on policy provides an overview of recent changes in the UK immigration system, and is a useful platform for further reading into the fields of asylum and citizenship. - The International Journal of Lifelong EducationToo often refugees are discussed in statistical terms when it comes to discussing asylum and immigration policy, overshadowing insights into the complex narratives of the lives of refugees in Britain. Linda Morrice's book, Being a Refugee, excels at putting the life experiences of refugees at the centre of her discussion of policy. It clearly highlights the fact that most refugees are keen to contribute to UK society and how their efforts can sometimes be challenged by policy. It's exploration of cultural hurdles some refugees face upon arriving in Britain makes it an important read for anyone interested in understanding refugees in the UK and how to work with them to fully realise their potential and contribute effectively to British society.- Takudzwa Mukiwa, Refugee Week
