Lives worthy of human dignity: investigating the impact of UK Asylum Policy on the well-being of asylum seekers in the North East of England.

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This practitioner research project aims to explore with asylum seekers, their experiences of the UK asylum process. It seeks to identify what the key issues of well-being are for asylum seekers and, to examine these alongside some of the theoretical literature on well-being and existing asylum policy. The research arises from my work over nine years with one project supporting asylum seekers and refugees in North East England.
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\nUsing biographical narrative interviews, I explored with ten asylum seekers who were users of the project how they experienced the asylum process while they waited to hear the outcome of their applications, and the effect of their experiences on their emotional and psychological well-being. The narrative interviews located asylum seekers' experiences of the UK asylum process within the context of their whole lives. This provided insights into the interconnectedness of past, present and imagined future, and the impact this had on people's psychologica

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