Lessening perceived pull factors and preventing alleged abuse of welfare systems is proffered as the key rationale for significantly limited weekly social welfare payments for persons claiming asylum. Despite these narratives continuing to dominate parliamentary, Government, judicial and public...

Lessening perceived pull factors and preventing alleged abuse of welfare systems is proffered as the key rationale for significantly limited weekly social welfare payments for persons claiming asylum. Despite these narratives continuing to dominate parliamentary, Government, judicial and public...

The intersection between the Commission Communication on a Common Immigration Policy for Europe, another on a Policy Plan on Asylum and the various drafts of the French Presidency's European Pact on Immigration and Asylum, raises a number of questions: First, what are the nature, context and key...