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Abstract

This policy paper summarises important discussions at the conference on ‘Domestic abuse in a new immigration landscape: the challenges facing migrant-victim survivors of domestic abuse’, organised by Dr Adrienne Yong, Senior Lecturer in Law at City St George’s, University of London, on 16 April 2024. The conference was supported by City’s Violence and Society Centre and funded by City, University of London's Research Impact Fund, and the Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) Research Activities Fund.

The conference aimed to draw attention to the legal issues faced by migrant women at risk of or experiencing domestic abuse. It sought to educate the public on current problems in the law facing migrant victim-survivors in England & Wales. The second practice-oriented panel focused on the work of by-and-for organisations, including campaigning for migrant victim-survivors’ rights.

A roundtable of invited participants followed the conference, as the first step in gathering interest in establishing a community of practice, a membership of interested parties of professionals and academics that are committed to seeking better protection of migrant victim-survivors of domestic abuse in England & Wales in this new immigration landscape.

The policy paper below summarises the main legal, practical and social issues that the panel speakers discussed during the first part of the conference.

Publication Type:	Monograph (Working Paper)
Additional Information:	Copyright 2024, the authors.
Publisher Keywords:	domestic abuse, violence against women and girls, immigration law, No Recourse to Public Funds
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HJ Public Finance H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare J Political Science > JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration K Law
Departments:	The City Law School The City Law School > Academic Programmes The City Law School > CLS Working Paper Series
SWORD Depositor:	Symplectic Administrator

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