Optimising refugee resettlement in the UK: a comparative analysis

Tip, Linda and Brown, Rupert and Morrice, Linda and Collyer, Michael and Easterbrook, Matthew (2020) Optimising refugee resettlement in the UK: a comparative analysis. [Data Collection]

URI: https://doi.org/10.17033/DATA.00000077

Project Description

The research explores the experiences of resettled refugees who arrived in the UK in 2010 or earlier through the Gateway Protection Programme, the UK’s resettlement programme. This focus on people who already have substantial experience of living in the UK differs from previous research in this area and allows the research to explore longer term integration for those who have experienced the dramatic changes associated with resettlement. The research interprets integration very broadly as a wide range of processes that help to facilitate life in a new place. The longer-term perspective, combined with longitudinal methods contributes to understanding the dynamics of longer term integration processes.

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Refugee resettlement, self-efficacy, positive affect, social networks

Subjects:

L Social studies > L510 Health & welfare
L Social studies > L700 Human & social geography
L Social studies > L900 Others in social studies

Departments:

School of Humanities and Social Science

Depositing User:

Linda Tip

Date Deposited:

08 Apr 2020 08:34

Last Modified:

03 Jun 2021 11:54

Researchers (inc. External):

- Tip, Linda
- L.Tip@brighton.ac.uk
- https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2973-4046
- Brown, Rupert
- R.Brown@sussex.ac.uk
- https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5153-6062
- Morrice, Linda
- l.m.morrice@sussex.ac.uk
- https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1954-9760
- Collyer, Michael
- m.collyer@sussex.ac.uk
- https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0407-5600
- Easterbrook, Matthew
- m.j.easterbrook@sussex.ac.uk
- https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9353-5957

Additional details

Data collection method:

Refugees were recruited in four cities in the UK: Greater Manchester, Brighton and Hove, Norwich, and Sheffield. In contrast to most previous research with resettled refugees in the UK, this study focused on people who had already been in the country for some time. All participants arrived in the UK in 2010 or earlier and so had at least four years of residency at the time of the first survey in 2014. Participants were approached by Research Assistants (RAs), who were all resettled refugees themselves. RAs received training on research methods before starting their work, during which cultural appropriateness and translations of the items used in the questionnaire were extensively discussed and agreed. The study had three data collection points, each one year apart (from 2014-2016). A questionnaire, which was individually administered (usually in respondents’ homes), gathered data on demographic background variables and various indicators of wellbeing and integration at each time point. This dataset includes data from items asking about self-efficacy and positive affect at all three time points.

Grant number:

ES/K006304/1

Resource language:

English

Metadata language:

English

Statement on legal, ethical and access issues:

Risk of disclosing participants' identities was mitigated by removing references to real names and other identifying information.

Collection period:

From	To
December 2013	May 2016

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https://research.brighton.ac.uk/en/publications/improving-refugee-well-being-with-better-language-skills-and-more

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