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This book is a searing critique of today's immigration systems. Former barrister Steve Cohen declares that these systems are deeply flawed, and takes a fresh look at the ethical and political problems that surround this controversial subject. Cohen proposes that current immigration controls are so inherently racist and irrational that they require the creative dystopian ideas contained within George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four to adequately describe them. He seeks to understand the irrationality of these controls - complete with their own brand of newspeak, doublethink, memory holes and thou

Following the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, it is manifest that local authorities have a central role in the implementation of immigration control and the policing of asylum seekers and others subject to controls. The forced dispersal of asylum seekers and the linking of essential local authority administered welfare services to immigration status represent the integration of the local state into internal immigration controls and the transformation of local government into an arm of the Home Office. The present article is critical of this collusion. It argues that municipal government should reject any idea of having a benevolent role in ameliorating the condition of asylum seekers by being a party to the dispersal scheme. However, the article goes beyond the immediacy of current legislation. It shows that there are historic connections between local government and immigration controls stretching back to the origins of modern controls at the start of the last century. The conclusion is that immigration controls are inherently, institutionally racist and that local authorities should reject all involvement in their enforcement.

Since it was first published more than a decade ago, The Effective Public Manager has become the standard manual for public administrators and students. This practical provides core concepts to help real-world managers and mangers-to-be meet the demands of their jobs head on rather than work around the constraints of government and gives them the tools to shape events rather than be shaped by them. This thoroughly revised third edition Presents an updated and detailed examination of management innovationExamines the centrality of government in an era of global communication and transportation

This edited collection addresses theoretical, political and practical aspects of the connection between external immigration controls and internal welfare controls. It considers the implications for the both those subject to controls and those drawn into the web of implementing internal welfare controls. Topics discussed include:* forced dispersal of asylum seekers* local authority and voluntary sector regulations* nationalism, racism, class and 'fairness'* strategies for resistance to controls* USA controls. The book provides support to those unwittingly drawn into admi.

The practical and ethical challenges facing human service professionals working with refugees, asylum seekers and other people subject to immigration controls are discussed in this much-needed book. The contributors explore the tensions that exist between traditional anti-oppressive values and the role professionals increasingly play as 'gate keepers' to services. Drawing from the experience of practitioners working in child protection and family support, disability, the criminal justice system, asylum teams and immigration tribunals, Immigration and Asylum will prepare professionals working i