Critics allege that U.S. border officials have institutionalized a policy of limiting the number of asylum seekers processed at the border each day.
From Syrian asylum seekers to super-rich foreign investors, immigration is one of the most controversial issues facing Britain today. Politicians kick the subject from one election to the next with energetic but ineffectual promises to 'crack down', while newspaper editors plaster it across front pages.But few know the truth behind the headlines; indeed, the almost daily changes to our complex immigration laws pile up so quickly that even the officials in charge struggle to keep up.In this clear, concise guide, Thom Brooks, one of the UK's leading experts on British citizenship - and a newly initiated British citizen himself - deftly navigates the perennially thorny path, exploding myths and exposing absurdities along the way. Ranging from how to test for 'Britishness' to how to tackle EU 'free movement', Becoming British explores how UK immigration really works - and sparks a long-overdue debate about how it should work.Combining expert analysis with a blistering critique of the failings of successive governments, this is the definitive guide to one of the most hotly disputed issues in the UK today.Wherever you stand on the immigration debate, Brooks's wryly observed account is the essential road map. Illustrations, unspecified
Pictures taken at Bethlem Royal Hospital in London - aka 'Bedlam' - between 1856 and 1857 were supposed to help doctors analyse mental health conditions via a patient's facial expression.
In a brilliant series of books about social behavior, including The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, Asylums, and Stigma, Erving Goffman has exposed all that is at stake when people meet face to...
Pictures taken at Bethlem Royal Hospital in London - aka 'Bedlam' - between 1856 and 1857 were supposed to help doctors analyse mental health conditions via a patient's facial expression.
Since I am using lots of old psychiatric patients pictures for my final university project, I thought it would be nice to share them with you =) I did an entry some weeks ago, and since lots of people liked the post, it doesnt hurt to post some others. And as I said in the last post, I…
A list documents the myriad reasons why people were committed to insane asylums in the 19th century.
Children in care born to EU parents face complex barriers to remaining in the UK
In 1796, Quaker businessman and philanthropist William Tuke opened the Retreat in York, England, for the care of the mentally ill. Prior to this, those with mental health or behavioral issues were treated worse than the most heinous criminal—they were usually locked-up in bedlams, imprisoned in cells or chained to walls in workhouses. As a Quaker Tuke believed in the sanctity of life and of behaving kindly and morally to all humanity. This led him to build a hospital for the care of those suffering from mental health problems. At first, the Retreat was only open to fellow Quakers, but it soon opened its doors to all. The Retreat changed the way mental health was treated in England, and in 1818 the first of four hospitals, the Stanley Royd Hospital in Wakefield, was built under the aegis of the West Riding General Asylums Committee. A further three hospitals were built between 1872 and 1904—the South Yorkshire Asylum built in Sheffield, the High Royds Hospital in Menston and the Storthes Hall built in Kirkburton—which became villages for patients and all four hospital together formed the West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum. Inspired by the Retreat, the West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum pioneered...
These haunting portraits captured by Dr Hugh Welch Diamond between 1848 and 1858 give an insight into the lives of the women forced to live out their years at Suffolk County Lunatic Asylum.
These images were taken in 1869 at West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum, near Wakefield, Yorkshire, by chief neurologist Sir James Crichton-Browne, known as a pioneer in the field.
Portraits from an English 'lunatic asylum' circa 1869
The Zaheris, an Afghan family who have fought a protracted battle against deportation from Finland, have had their final appeal rejected. The family members have reportedly gone into hiding.
Women in the mid-19th century suffering from common mental health conditions were condemned to the asylum to live in appalling conditions.
Children in care born to EU parents face complex barriers to remaining in the UK
Education secretary Gillian Keegan, Jeremy Hunt and David Cameron oppose move, while university leaders warn of economic and cultural impact
A year after granting WikiLeaks founder political asylum, Ecuador says it remains committed to finding solution to standoff
Frederic Truby King, the medical superintendent at Seacliff Lunatic Asylum near Dunedin, introduced the practice of photographing patients for pasting in their clinical files. The idea caught on in other institutions. Some patients were well aware of how they were ...
Exclusive: Sayed Abdellatif faces a lifetime of indefinite detention in Australia based on evidence from an Egyptian court which documents show was obtained by torture
History of Pilgrim State Hospital with photographic documentation and urban exploration accounts by Tom Kirsch.
In 1796, Quaker businessman and philanthropist William Tuke opened the Retreat in York, England, for the care of the mentally ill. Prior to this, those with mental health or behavioral issues were treated worse than the most heinous criminal—they were usually locked-up in bedlams, imprisoned in cells or chained to walls in workhouses. As a Quaker Tuke believed in the sanctity of life and of behaving kindly and morally to all humanity. This led him to build a hospital for the care of those suffering from mental health problems. At first, the Retreat was only open to fellow Quakers, but it soon opened its doors to all. The Retreat changed the way mental health was treated in England, and in 1818 the first of four hospitals, the Stanley Royd Hospital in Wakefield, was built under the aegis of the West Riding General Asylums Committee. A further three hospitals were built between 1872 and 1904—the South Yorkshire Asylum built in Sheffield, the High Royds Hospital in Menston and the Storthes Hall built in Kirkburton—which became villages for patients and all four hospital together formed the West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum. Inspired by the Retreat, the West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum pioneered...
FORMER home secretary Suella Braverman said on Thursday (7) the government's proposed Rwanda legislation, part of a scheme to try to send thousands of asylum
These haunting portraits captured by Dr Hugh Welch Diamond between 1848 and 1858 give an insight into the lives of the women forced to live out their years at Suffolk County Lunatic Asylum.
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Карта, как вид политической сатиры и пропаганды. Новый Свет. 1. Соединенные Штаты в форме свиньи, окруженные свиньями. This porcineograph, Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company, 1876. Литография. Библиотека Конгресса США, LC-DIG-pga-03724. Источник изображения:…
The desperate child criminals of Edwardian England
In 1796, Quaker businessman and philanthropist William Tuke opened the Retreat in York, England, for the care of the mentally ill. Prior to this, those with mental health or behavioral issues were treated worse than the most heinous criminal—they were usually locked-up in bedlams, imprisoned in cells or chained to walls in workhouses. As a Quaker Tuke believed in the sanctity of life and of behaving kindly and morally to all humanity. This led him to build a hospital for the care of those suffering from mental health problems. At first, the Retreat was only open to fellow Quakers, but it soon opened its doors to all. The Retreat changed the way mental health was treated in England, and in 1818 the first of four hospitals, the Stanley Royd Hospital in Wakefield, was built under the aegis of the West Riding General Asylums Committee. A further three hospitals were built between 1872 and 1904—the South Yorkshire Asylum built in Sheffield, the High Royds Hospital in Menston and the Storthes Hall built in Kirkburton—which became villages for patients and all four hospital together formed the West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum. Inspired by the Retreat, the West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum pioneered...
MPs will begin voting on the government's controversial Rwanda Bill this week as the bill enters its final stages in
By Jeffry Odell Korgen and Kevin C. Pyle in partnership with Hope Border Institute and Kino Border Initiative. Based on extensive interviews with migrants and asylum seekers in El Paso, Juarez and Nogales. Tales of families fleeing violence, crossing the border, detention, family separation and economic forces at work. Seeks to show the faces behind the policies.
Chancellor Angela Merkel says she expects most refugees from Syria and Iraq will go home when conflicts over
