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Empirical Studies

“It is a thin line to walk on”: Challenges of staff working at Swedish immigration detention centres

, MSc, PhD candidate, (Professor) & , PhD
Article: 25196 | Accepted 13 Feb 2015, Published online: 31 Mar 2015

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