In Birmingham alone there are now 181 asylum seekers and 75 families, of at least one adult and one child, being looked after by the council. In August there were just 48. City chiefs estimate it will cost them over pounds 1 million this year to provide care and accommodation. Stafford...
For example, Blackledge and Creese (2017) found the participants in a busy meat market in Birmingham deploy wide-ranging semiotic resources when their biographical and linguistic histories rarely overlap. They use gestures, eye gaze, nods and head shakes, shrugs and smiles to negotiate meaning. ...