{"id":48,"date":"2024-07-02T10:54:43","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T09:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/anti-racism\/?page_id=48"},"modified":"2026-05-03T22:49:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T21:49:47","slug":"refugees-and-asylum-seekers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/anti-racism\/refugees-and-asylum-seekers\/","title":{"rendered":"Refugees and Asylum Seekers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-ff1e7d2c044e75739291f28f3384ba42\"><strong>Refugees and Asylum Seekers<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-982bf8c6193cb66c1fe74bbf82d272a4\" style=\"line-height:2\">We work closely with refugee and asylum-seeking communities as well as with the organisations and agencies that support their work.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-7cb18b25c6e257191b3e8103de117e1a\"><strong>Watch our Videos:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-da0211c61d81c0145e206666c1163bfe\"><strong>Refugee Arrivals<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Refugee arrivals\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PusJEMna4jQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-black-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-black-background-color has-background\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-450edecb8b43fb41610c9ce9666eb80d\"><strong>Refugee and Public Spaces<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Refugees and Public Space\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tVaLPYPbyMk?start=7&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-black-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-black-background-color has-background\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-032e897b87dae67da7320e2bb0d8ca85\"><strong>Refugees and Covid-19<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Refugees and Covid-19\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VuufDV2iSdo?start=1&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-black-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-black-background-color has-background\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-33ce3f25d58ed3c2f48541733c94413b\" style=\"line-height:2\"><strong>Read our Website posts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/acss.org.uk\/isolated-and-excluded-yet-resilient-seeking-asylum-during-a-global-pandemic\/\">Seeking asylum during a global pandemic&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transformingsociety.co.uk\/2021\/04\/20\/lockdowns-and-the-hidden-crisis-of-asylum-seeking-and-refugee-women\/\">Women refugees&#8217; experiences of lockdown<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-c8031c5140c9d3003df1e7cec2ea9e95\" style=\"line-height:2\"><strong>Read our Reports\/Guides:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"line-height:2\" class=\"wp-block-list has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-69e27929acd38dd0ff9efadb3fb0b0a9\">\n<li>Finlay R, Hopkins P,&nbsp;Kirnd\u00f6rfer&nbsp;E, Kox M, Huizinga R, De Backer M, Benwell MC, van&nbsp;Liempt&nbsp;I, H\u00f6rschelmann K, Felten P, Bastian JM,&nbsp;Bousetta&nbsp;H.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/eprint.ncl.ac.uk\/280741\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Young refugees and public space<\/a>.&nbsp;Newcastle upon Tyne: Newcastle University, 2022.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Huizinga R, Hopkins P, De Backer M, Finlay R,&nbsp;Kirnd\u00f6rfer&nbsp;E, Kox M, Bastian J, Benwell MC, Felten P, Haack L, H\u00f6rschelmann K, van&nbsp;Liempt&nbsp;I.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/eprint.ncl.ac.uk\/284544\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Researching refugee youth<\/a>.&nbsp;London: Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers, 2022. Guides for Researchers.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Finlay R, Hopkins P, Benwell MC.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/eprint.ncl.ac.uk\/278292\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cIt\u2019s like rubbing salt on the wound\u201d: the impacts of Covid-19 and lockdown on asylum seekers and refugees<\/a>.&nbsp;Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK: Newcastle University, 2021.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pain R, Hopkins PE.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/eprint.ncl.ac.uk\/139992\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Common Ground: a space of emotional well-being for young asylum seekers<\/a>.&nbsp;Durham University: Centre for Social Justice and Community Action, 2009.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hopkins PE, Hill M.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/eprint.ncl.ac.uk\/55225\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2018This is a good place to live and think about the future\u2019: the needs and experiences of unaccompanied asylum seeking children and young people in Scotland<\/a>.&nbsp;Glasgow: Scottish Refugee Council, 2006.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-ffa23c104c1a5047c6cd206a12255334\" style=\"line-height:2\"><strong>Read our Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-61ae135aef7d8be0442b9433e2f432e4\" style=\"line-height:2\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8f050c46b11cd25f4a82862998b2be33\"><em><strong>Articles<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b301f3de883eb2b194b3de70851fd552\">\n<li>Finlay R, Hopkins P, Benwell MC.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/eprint.ncl.ac.uk\/309797\">Disorientation and asylum-seeking youth: examining the emotional and embodied impacts of the UK asylum system<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>Annals of the American Association of Geographers<\/em>&nbsp;2026, epub ahead of print.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Finlay R, Benwell MC, Hopkins P.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/eprint.ncl.ac.uk\/310181\">Domesticating the UK&#8217;s hostile environment: Forced migrants&#8217; lived experiences of making &#8216;home&#8217;<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>Geographical Journal<\/em>&nbsp;2026,&nbsp;<strong>192<\/strong>(1), e70077.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Huizinga RP, Hopkins P, Benwell MC, de Backer M, Finlay R, H\u00f6rschelmann K, Kirnd\u00f6rfer E, van Liempt I.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/eprint.ncl.ac.uk\/305012\">Ethical and methodological considerations in research with asylum seeking and refugee youth in European cities<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>Social Sciences<\/em>&nbsp;2025,&nbsp;<strong>14<\/strong>(4), 204.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Benwell MC, Hopkins P, Finlay R.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/eprint.ncl.ac.uk\/292836\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The slow violence of austerity politics and the UK\u2019s \u2018hostile environment\u2019: Examining the responses of third sector organisations supporting people seeking asylum<\/a>.&nbsp;Geoforum&nbsp;2023,&nbsp;145, 103845.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hopkins P, Hill M.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/eprint.ncl.ac.uk\/156311\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The needs and strengths of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and young people in Scotland<\/a>.&nbsp;Child and Family Social Work&nbsp;2010,&nbsp;15(4), 399-408.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hopkins PE, Hill M.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/eprint.ncl.ac.uk\/23085\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pre-flight experiences and migration stories: the accounts of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children<\/a>.&nbsp;Children&#8217;s Geographies&nbsp;2008,&nbsp;6(3), 257-268.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hopkins PE.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/eprint.ncl.ac.uk\/45558\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ethical issues in research with unaccompanied asylum-seeking children<\/a>.&nbsp;Children&#8217;s Geographies&nbsp;2008,&nbsp;6(1), 37-48.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6cc582d20bb1ef22ba6b4898ae7b0fdc\"><strong><em>Edited Books&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-70811c08b802a7be3b40aeb1459d519d\">\n<li>De Backer M, Hopkins P, van&nbsp;Liempt&nbsp;I, Finlay R,&nbsp;Kirnd\u00f6rfer&nbsp;E, Kox M, Benwell MC, H\u00f6rschelmann K, ed.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/eprint.ncl.ac.uk\/282486\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Refugee youth: migration, justice and urban space<\/a>.&nbsp;Bristol: Bristol University Press, 2023.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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.&nbsp;&nbsp; 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