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Liam Thornton

Biographic Data

ID4511310
NAMELiam Thornton
GIVEN NAMESLiam
FAMILY NAMEThornton
SIGNATURETHORNTON L
AFFILIATIONSSchool of Law, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
ORCID0000-0002-4971-4579
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS4
TOTAL CITATIONS11
WORKS AS AUTHOR4
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1927
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
H-INDEX2
  • Augmenting social welfare for asylum seekers in Ireland

    Liam Thornton•ARTICLE•The Journal of Social Welfare Law•2020•Cited by: 1•References: 3

    Lessening perceived pull factors and preventing alleged abuse of welfare systems is proffered as the key rationale for significantly limited weekly social welfare payments for persons claiming asylum. Despite these narratives continuing to dominate parliamentary, Government, judicial and public thinking for almost two decades, between 2016 and 2019, weekly payments to asylum seekers in Ireland doubled, albeit starting from an extraordinarily low …

  • Vulnerable childhood, vulnerable adulthood

    Open Access•Muireann Ní Raghallaigh, Liam Thornton•ARTICLE•Critical Social Policy•2017•Cited by: 8•References: 15

    Ireland’s approach to after-care for ‘aged-out’ separated children is problematic. Currently, upon reaching the age of 18, most separated young people are moved to ‘direct provision’, despite the fact that the state can use discretionary powers to allow them to remain in foster care. Direct provision is the system Ireland adopts providing bed and board to asylum seekers, along with a weekly monetary payment. Separated young people in Ireland are …

  • Upon the Limits of Rights Regimes”

    Open Access•Liam Thornton•ARTICLE•Refuge Canada s Journal on Refuge•2007•Cited by: 2

    Only in recent years has Ireland had to deal with appreciable numbers of asylum seekers coming to her shores. The reception of asylum seekers awaiting determination of refugee claims has drastically altered in that period. From inclusion to exclusion has been the hallmark of the legal regulation of reception conditions for asylum seekers. Legal protection from the Irish courts in ensuring a degree of socio-economic protection to asylum seekers is…

  • Light and Shade in Bygone India

    L H Thornton, Liam Thornton•ARTICLE•Geographical Journal•1927

  • Vulnerable childhood, vulnerable adulthood

    Open Access•Muireann Ní Raghallaigh, Liam Thornton•ARTICLE•Critical Social Policy•2017•Cited by: 8•References: 15

    Ireland’s approach to after-care for ‘aged-out’ separated children is problematic. Currently, upon reaching the age of 18, most separated young people are moved to ‘direct provision’, despite the fact that the state can use discretionary powers to allow them to remain in foster care. Direct provision is the system Ireland adopts providing bed and board to asylum seekers, along with a weekly monetary payment. Separated young people in Ireland are …

  • Upon the Limits of Rights Regimes”

    Open Access•Liam Thornton•ARTICLE•Refuge Canada s Journal on Refuge•2007•Cited by: 2

    Only in recent years has Ireland had to deal with appreciable numbers of asylum seekers coming to her shores. The reception of asylum seekers awaiting determination of refugee claims has drastically altered in that period. From inclusion to exclusion has been the hallmark of the legal regulation of reception conditions for asylum seekers. Legal protection from the Irish courts in ensuring a degree of socio-economic protection to asylum seekers is…

  • Augmenting social welfare for asylum seekers in Ireland

    Liam Thornton•ARTICLE•The Journal of Social Welfare Law•2020•Cited by: 1•References: 3

    Lessening perceived pull factors and preventing alleged abuse of welfare systems is proffered as the key rationale for significantly limited weekly social welfare payments for persons claiming asylum. Despite these narratives continuing to dominate parliamentary, Government, judicial and public thinking for almost two decades, between 2016 and 2019, weekly payments to asylum seekers in Ireland doubled, albeit starting from an extraordinarily low …

  • Light and Shade in Bygone India

    L H Thornton, Liam Thornton•ARTICLE•Geographical Journal•1927

  • Upon the Limits of Rights Regimes”

    Open Access•Liam Thornton•ARTICLE•Refuge Canada s Journal on Refuge•2007•Cited by: 2

    Only in recent years has Ireland had to deal with appreciable numbers of asylum seekers coming to her shores. The reception of asylum seekers awaiting determination of refugee claims has drastically altered in that period. From inclusion to exclusion has been the hallmark of the legal regulation of reception conditions for asylum seekers. Legal protection from the Irish courts in ensuring a degree of socio-economic protection to asylum seekers is…

  • Vulnerable childhood, vulnerable adulthood

    Open Access•Muireann Ní Raghallaigh, Liam Thornton•ARTICLE•Critical Social Policy•2017•Cited by: 8•References: 15

    Ireland’s approach to after-care for ‘aged-out’ separated children is problematic. Currently, upon reaching the age of 18, most separated young people are moved to ‘direct provision’, despite the fact that the state can use discretionary powers to allow them to remain in foster care. Direct provision is the system Ireland adopts providing bed and board to asylum seekers, along with a weekly monetary payment. Separated young people in Ireland are …

  • Augmenting social welfare for asylum seekers in Ireland

    Liam Thornton•ARTICLE•The Journal of Social Welfare Law•2020•Cited by: 1•References: 3

    Lessening perceived pull factors and preventing alleged abuse of welfare systems is proffered as the key rationale for significantly limited weekly social welfare payments for persons claiming asylum. Despite these narratives continuing to dominate parliamentary, Government, judicial and public thinking for almost two decades, between 2016 and 2019, weekly payments to asylum seekers in Ireland doubled, albeit starting from an extraordinarily low …

Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Refugee (3 works) · Medicine (2 works) · State (computer science (2 works) · Welfare (2 works) · Argument (complex analysis (1 work) · Child Welfare and Adoption (1 work)

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