Refugees and Asylum Seekers
We work closely with refugee and asylum-seeking communities as well as with the organisations and agencies that support their work.
Watch our Videos:
Refugee Arrivals
Refugee and Public Spaces
Refugees and Covid-19
Watch our videos for primary educators teaching about forced migration:
Read our Website posts:
Read our Reports/Guides:
- Finlay R, Hopkins P, Kirndörfer E, Kox M, Huizinga R, De Backer M, Benwell MC, van Liempt I, Hörschelmann K, Felten P, Bastian JM, Bousetta H. Young refugees and public space. Newcastle upon Tyne: Newcastle University, 2022.
- Huizinga R, Hopkins P, De Backer M, Finlay R, Kirndörfer E, Kox M, Bastian J, Benwell MC, Felten P, Haack L, Hörschelmann K, van Liempt I. Researching refugee youth. London: Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers, 2022. Guides for Researchers.
- Finlay R, Hopkins P, Benwell MC. “It’s like rubbing salt on the wound”: the impacts of Covid-19 and lockdown on asylum seekers and refugees. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK: Newcastle University, 2021.
- Pain R, Hopkins PE. Common Ground: a space of emotional well-being for young asylum seekers. Durham University: Centre for Social Justice and Community Action, 2009.
- Hopkins PE, Hill M. ‘This is a good place to live and think about the future’: the needs and experiences of unaccompanied asylum seeking children and young people in Scotland. Glasgow: Scottish Refugee Council, 2006.
Read our Publications:
Articles
- Finlay R, Hopkins P, Benwell MC. Disorientation and asylum-seeking youth: examining the emotional and embodied impacts of the UK asylum system. Annals of the American Association of Geographers 2026, epub ahead of print.
- Finlay R, Benwell MC, Hopkins P. Domesticating the UK’s hostile environment: Forced migrants’ lived experiences of making ‘home’. Geographical Journal 2026, 192(1), e70077.
- Huizinga RP, Hopkins P, Benwell MC, de Backer M, Finlay R, Hörschelmann K, Kirndörfer E, van Liempt I. Ethical and methodological considerations in research with asylum seeking and refugee youth in European cities. Social Sciences 2025, 14(4), 204.
- Benwell MC, Hopkins P, Finlay R. The slow violence of austerity politics and the UK’s ‘hostile environment’: Examining the responses of third sector organisations supporting people seeking asylum. Geoforum 2023, 145, 103845.
- Hopkins P, Hill M. The needs and strengths of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and young people in Scotland. Child and Family Social Work 2010, 15(4), 399-408.
- Hopkins PE, Hill M. Pre-flight experiences and migration stories: the accounts of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. Children’s Geographies 2008, 6(3), 257-268.
- Hopkins PE. Ethical issues in research with unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. Children’s Geographies 2008, 6(1), 37-48.
Edited Books
- De Backer M, Hopkins P, van Liempt I, Finlay R, Kirndörfer E, Kox M, Benwell MC, Hörschelmann K, ed. Refugee youth: migration, justice and urban space. Bristol: Bristol University Press, 2023.