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Papers by Amy Cortvriend

Research paper thumbnail of Introduction: A record, an accounting and a memorial

Policy Press eBooks, Mar 14, 2023

Research paper thumbnail of Coping with Vulnerability: The Limbo Created by the UK Asylum System

International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, Aug 5, 2020

Upon arrival in the United Kingdom (UK), asylum claimants undergo a complex application process w... more Upon arrival in the United Kingdom (UK), asylum claimants undergo a complex application process with no guarantee of being granted leave to remain. Throughout this process, applicants live in 'limbo' with no certainty regarding their future. They are forced into poverty, are at risk of destitution and often live in substandard accommodation, all of which causes further harm, compounding the circumstances from which they have fled. This paper explores the stress and vulnerability faced by male asylum seekers during the application process and how they cope or resist vulnerability during this time. Based on narrative interviews, this research finds that the most stressful experiences for participants include living in 'limbo' throughout the asylum application process and beyond. As such, many coped by using distraction techniques, seeking support and through cognitive restructuring.

Research paper thumbnail of Border harms in a pandemic

Policy Press eBooks, Mar 14, 2023

Research paper thumbnail of Mass Sexual Violence in Darfur: An Analysis of Macro-, Meso-, and Micro-Level Variables

Manchester Review of Law, Crime and Ethics, 2017

Research paper thumbnail of Coping with Vulnerability: The Limbo Created by the UK Asylum System

International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 2020

Upon arrival in the United Kingdom (UK), asylum claimants undergo a complex application process w... more Upon arrival in the United Kingdom (UK), asylum claimants undergo a complex application process with no guarantee of being granted leave to remain. Throughout this process, applicants live in ‘limbo’ with no certainty regarding their future. They are forced into poverty, are at risk of destitution and often live in substandard accommodation, all of which causes further harm, compounding the circumstances from which they have fled. This paper explores the stress and vulnerability faced by male asylum seekers during the application process and how they cope or resist vulnerability during this time. Based on narrative interviews, this research finds that the most stressful experiences for participants include living in ‘limbo’ throughout the asylum application process and beyond. As such, many coped by using distraction techniques, seeking support and through cognitive restructuring.

Research paper thumbnail of Transforming Society ~ When this is over, we must remember we knew the pandemic was coming

Transforming Society, 2024

On 18 July the UK's COVID-19 Inquiry led by Baroness Heather Hallett published its first report a... more On 18 July the UK's COVID-19 Inquiry led by Baroness Heather Hallett published its first report and made recommendations covering its investigations into Module 1 on 'Resilience and Preparedness'. It concluded that the UK had prepared for the 'wrong pandemic' and in doing so vindicated the arguments and testimonies made in our book When This Is Over: Reflections on an Unequal Pandemic. As if paraphrasing our book, the report's summary details how 'emergency planning failed to put enough consideration into existing health and social inequalities and local authorities and volunteers were not adequately engaged' and how 'there was a failure to fully learn from past civil emergency exercises and outbreaks of disease'.

Research paper thumbnail of Introduction: A record, an accounting and a memorial

Policy Press eBooks, Mar 14, 2023

Research paper thumbnail of Coping with Vulnerability: The Limbo Created by the UK Asylum System

International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, Aug 5, 2020

Upon arrival in the United Kingdom (UK), asylum claimants undergo a complex application process w... more Upon arrival in the United Kingdom (UK), asylum claimants undergo a complex application process with no guarantee of being granted leave to remain. Throughout this process, applicants live in 'limbo' with no certainty regarding their future. They are forced into poverty, are at risk of destitution and often live in substandard accommodation, all of which causes further harm, compounding the circumstances from which they have fled. This paper explores the stress and vulnerability faced by male asylum seekers during the application process and how they cope or resist vulnerability during this time. Based on narrative interviews, this research finds that the most stressful experiences for participants include living in 'limbo' throughout the asylum application process and beyond. As such, many coped by using distraction techniques, seeking support and through cognitive restructuring.

Research paper thumbnail of Border harms in a pandemic

Policy Press eBooks, Mar 14, 2023

Research paper thumbnail of Mass Sexual Violence in Darfur: An Analysis of Macro-, Meso-, and Micro-Level Variables

Manchester Review of Law, Crime and Ethics, 2017

Research paper thumbnail of Coping with Vulnerability: The Limbo Created by the UK Asylum System

International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 2020

Upon arrival in the United Kingdom (UK), asylum claimants undergo a complex application process w... more Upon arrival in the United Kingdom (UK), asylum claimants undergo a complex application process with no guarantee of being granted leave to remain. Throughout this process, applicants live in ‘limbo’ with no certainty regarding their future. They are forced into poverty, are at risk of destitution and often live in substandard accommodation, all of which causes further harm, compounding the circumstances from which they have fled. This paper explores the stress and vulnerability faced by male asylum seekers during the application process and how they cope or resist vulnerability during this time. Based on narrative interviews, this research finds that the most stressful experiences for participants include living in ‘limbo’ throughout the asylum application process and beyond. As such, many coped by using distraction techniques, seeking support and through cognitive restructuring.

Research paper thumbnail of Transforming Society ~ When this is over, we must remember we knew the pandemic was coming

Transforming Society, 2024

On 18 July the UK's COVID-19 Inquiry led by Baroness Heather Hallett published its first report a... more On 18 July the UK's COVID-19 Inquiry led by Baroness Heather Hallett published its first report and made recommendations covering its investigations into Module 1 on 'Resilience and Preparedness'. It concluded that the UK had prepared for the 'wrong pandemic' and in doing so vindicated the arguments and testimonies made in our book When This Is Over: Reflections on an Unequal Pandemic. As if paraphrasing our book, the report's summary details how 'emergency planning failed to put enough consideration into existing health and social inequalities and local authorities and volunteers were not adequately engaged' and how 'there was a failure to fully learn from past civil emergency exercises and outbreaks of disease'.