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Restless justice

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An ethnographic study alongside refused and destitute asylum seekers in Manchester and the employees and volunteers working to support them. It offers a new conceptual understanding of borders and ...
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  • 27 January 2026
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Amid the global migration crisis, the UK has created an increasingly hostile policy environment for asylum seekers that has pushed many into unnecessary hardship and homelessness. Based on several years of ethnographic research in emergency night shelters and on the streets of Manchester, UK, Restless justice draws on the stories and experiences of refused asylum seekers and refugees driven into destitution by an antagonistic immigration system. The book explores how legal and temporal uncertainty shapes the daily lives of those who have had their asylum claims refused, and attends to the experiences of volunteers and activists working on the frontline of the crisis. While the work is rich in detail, it also extends outwards and offers new insights into our understanding of borders and justice.
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Price: $36.95
Pages: 136
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Series: New Ethnographies
Publication Date: 27 January 2026
ISBN: 9781526145543
Format: Hardcover
BISACs: Housing and homelessness, Refugees and political asylum, Sociology and anthropology
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Mark Justin Rainey is a Research Associate in the School of Geography, Archaeology and Irish Studies at the University of Galway.

Introduction
1 Time on the street
2 Ethnography in a hostile environment
3 The Boaz Trust
4 Volunteering in the night shelters
5 Time in the shelter
Conclusion

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Index