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Addressing issues of (linguistic) vulnerability in researching UK asylum-related advice contexts: reflections on practice

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In this paper, we reflect on efforts to address (linguistic) vulnerability in two separate UK-based research projects examining communicative practices in immigration advice-giving. The first project investigated communication in legal advice meetings with asylum seekers and refugees. The second examined communication processes in casework with asylum seekers considering repatriation. We explore how we each approached ethical dimensions of involving multilingual migrant participants in research, connecting our experiences with theorisations of vulnerability. We highlight how several different dimensions of vulnerability, including linguistic vulnerability, were intertwined in our projects, and how gatekeepers were instrumental in making decisions about the vulnerability of participants.

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Author(s): Reynolds J, Brickley K

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Language and Intercultural Communication

Year: 2024

Pages: ePub ahead of Print

Online publication date: 07/08/2024

Acceptance date: 10/07/2024

Date deposited: 27/08/2024

ISSN (print): 1470-8477

ISSN (electronic): 1747-759X

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/14708477.2024.2381091

DOI: 10.1080/14708477.2024.2381091

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