New Book : Immigration Controls, the Family and the Welfare State

A Handbook of Law, Theory, Politics and Practice for Local Authority, Voluntary Sector and Welfare State Workers and Legal Advisors

Steve Cohen

January 2001 367 pages ISBN 1 85302 723 5 paperback £17.95

The increasingly close relationship between immigration controls and the welfare state makes the law highly relevant to many professional groups, including workers within local authorities, the voluntary sector and the welfare state. In this comprehensive handbook Steve Cohen examines the law, including the 1999 Immigration and Asylum Act, as it applies to the relationship between issues of welfare, immigration control and refugee status, giving pointers for good practice. The practical application of the law is illustrated with a wealth of case studies. The guidelines for anti-racist practice, campaigning, contesting immigration status, working with asylum-seekers, interviewing, report writing and liasing between welfare professionals and legal representatives make this book an essential resource for all professionals working in this field.

Steve Cohen has been an immigration lawyer for over 25 years and is former Co-ordinator of the Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit. He studied law at Oxford and Birmingham and has practised as a barrister. The author of many academic, professional and political articles, he has been actively involved in campaigns against deportation and denial of entry.

Ordering information

This book may be ordered online from the publisher’s web site. Additional information is also available from the book’s page of an online book store.

Further reading

• Positively Racist : HIV/AIDS, Racism and Immigration Controls
• New book : They Make You Sick : Essays on Immigration Controls and Health
• Angleterre : les campagnes contre les expulsions de malades

Table of Contents

• CONTENTS : PART ONE : ISSUES OF THEORY, POLITICS, PRACTICE AND LAW.
• 1. The basic issues.
• 2. A brief political history.
• 3. An outline of current immigration control.
• 4. Basic good practice for welfare professionals and legal advisors.
• PART TWO : IMMIGRATION CONTROL AND THE FAMILY.
• 5. Dividing families : spouses.
• 6. Dividing families : children, parents and other relatives.
• 7. Beyond the family : the gay, lesbian, unmarried, celibate, promiscuous and single.
• 8. Asylum : age, gender and sexuality.
• 9. Deportation and removal : tactics and report writing.
• 10. Deportation and removal : A critique of the concept of compassionate grounds.
• 11. Immigration law versus child protection law.
• PART THREE : THE WELFARE STATE.
• 12. Benefits and immigration status.
• 13. Housing services and immigration status.
• 14. Education services and immigration status.
• 15. Social services, community care and immigration status.
• 16. Medical services and immigration status.
• 17. Further health issues for medical workers and others.
• 18. Probation and immigration status : double punishment.
• PART FOUR : RESOLVING THE POLITICAL AND PRACTICE ISSUES.
• 19. Professional practice and campaigning.
• 20. Good practice, welfare agencies and non-compliance.
• 21. Conclusion : fair controls or no controls ?
• Appendix : Useful addresses. Index.