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Uwazie, Chijioke Amarachi (2024) An empirical study of security concern in the United Kingdom: refugees' perception. Doctoral thesis, London Metropolitan University.
This thesis analysed the UK government's implementation of the Nationality and Borders Bill 2021, which focused on refugees and asylum seekers residing in the country's London and Birmingham areas.
The thesis is a qualitative data methodology that utilised data from participant interviews with refugees and some gatekeeper's organisations based in both the London and Birmingham areas. It examined the "extent to which the UK Government plan Nationality and Borders Bill 2021 affect refugees and asylum seekers' perceptions of life in the UK"? The research contributed empirically and theoretically, building on the impact the Nationality and Borders Bill will bring to the refugees and asylum seekers coming and residing in the UK. The research contributes to the debates on the problems the Nationality and Borders Bill will bring to the refugees and asylum seekers as have been debated by the various stakeholders involved. The research findings are structured around critical contexts as seen in the Nationality and Borders Bill: Refugee integration as related in the Bill, Refugee discrimination as described in the Bill, Refugee negative treatment as told in the Bill, and Refugee security concerns as related in the Bill how these concepts are seen by refugees themselves when the Nationality and Borders Bill is implemented. The research established the frustrations and concerns of refugees, gatekeepers, and other stakeholders because of the implementation of the Nationality and Borders Bill 2021 - the different context and how it concerns refugees and asylum seekers. Examples include criminalising those arriving irregularly to the UK, the temporary stay for refugees pending when situations in their country change, the use of offshore processing centres, and the use of electronic tags for asylum seekers and refugees in the UK. Finally, the research established that while the UK government needs to ensure the security of all UK residents, it is dangerous to focus on refugees and asylum seekers coming and residing in the UK as the Bill could lead to pushing these vulnerable communities to dangerous organisations which might come back to harm innocent citizens in the UK. More so, the Nationality and Borders Bill compounds gatekeepers' and agencies' ability to properly care for these vulnerable communities when they transit and arrive in the United Kingdom.
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