Social Work Practice with Asylum Seekers

Oren, Tanzilya

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-12600-0_16

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“…In the United States, asylum seekers have to wait their turn up to 10 years to get an asylum interview or a court hearing (Human Rights First, 2021). In the meantime, they have been separated from their families, left behind abroad, and experience poverty due to the total absence of any social support (Łukasiewicz et al, 2023; Oren, 2023; Smith, 2021). This unstable, purposefully snarled up and protracted situation undermines asylum seekers’ health and overall well-being (Grace et al, 2018; Haas, 2021).…”

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The US non-intersectional asylum policies are outdated

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2023

International Social Work

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The current immigration policies and problematic definitions are unfair to people seeking protection in the United States and elsewhere. Non-intersectional policies go against the work ethos of social workers. At the same time, without any federal support for asylum seekers and disparate state and city services, asylum seekers are denied fundamental human rights. Social workers are now pushed to work more closely with asylum seekers. They should thoroughly understand the structural issues around asylum policies and engage in policy advocacy to change outdated and unidimensional laws.

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