The data includes transcripts (in .rtf format) of 9 qualitative interviews with representatives of US-based asylum advocacy organisations, and accompanying descriptive readme files (in .txt format). This research compares the approaches of different pro-asylum organisations in Britain and America using questionnaires and interviews. It aims to: (1) facilitate dialogue between different types of asylum activist organisations in order to promote best practice and the mitigation of risks; (2) provide a means by which asylum advocacy organisations can share their concerns and their proposed solutions about the challenges they face; (3) examine the different dilemmas that different asylum advocacy organisations, including advisory/legal, religious-affiliated, health-focused activist groups and campaign/awareness raising groups face either side of the Atlantic. This research brings together an international and interdisciplinary team of scholars and aims to have a high impact not only within academia but also among the asylum activist community.

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