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The newly-recognised refugees most at risk of homelessness in England

Mitton, Lavinia (2020) The newly-recognised refugees most at risk of homelessness in England. Journal of Social Policy, . ISSN 0047-2794. (doi:10.1017/S004727941900093X) (KAR id:78024)

Abstract

The contribution of this paper is to analyse statistical data to assess whether homelessness among people who have recently been granted refugee status in England is concentrated amongst particular groups of these refugees. The methodology was quantitative analysis using logistic regression of the Home Office’s Survey of New Refugees (SNR), which they carried out in 2005-7. We tested the relative role played by pre-migration demographic factors, post-migration life experience factors, and government immigration policy in accounting for patterns found, and drew on literature to interpret the meaning of our statistical results. Our analysis clearly suggests that refugee and asylum policy contribute to homelessness among newly-recognised refugees. This interpretation is supported by the qualitative evidence from services providing assistance to refugees, and evidence put to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Refugees (2017). Action to address the housing problems of refugees moving on from accommodation provided for asylum seekers should be considered a high policy priority, albeit that associations between homelessness, household size, and age also present intervention opportunities.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1017/S004727941900093X
Uncontrolled keywords: Refugees, housing, homelessness, England, integration, Survey of New Refugees
Subjects: H Social Sciences
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research
Depositing User: Lavinia Mitton
Date Deposited: 29 Oct 2019 08:58 UTC
Last Modified: 09 Dec 2022 03:39 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/78024 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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