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Importing Housing Need? Asylum-seekers and Other ‘Persons from Abroad’

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Housing Law and Policy

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‘What kind of country do we live in when frail old ladies are turned out of their home to make way for fit young asylum seekers?’ (Woodward, 1998)

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    David Cowan (Lecturer)

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Cowan, D. (1999). Importing Housing Need? Asylum-seekers and Other ‘Persons from Abroad’. In: Housing Law and Policy. Macmillan Law Masters. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14643-7_11

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