Choice or circumstance: The UK as the location of asylum applications by Bosnian and Somali refugees |
| |
Authors: | Kate Day Paul White |
| |
Institution: | (1) Department of Geography, University of Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK |
| |
Abstract: | Questions concerning why asylum seekers make their applications in particular countries rather than others have not been fully
researched. Some explanation can be found via aggregate migration theories, but there is a need to consider the circumstances
of individual movers. Respondents here were drawn from amongst Bosnian and Somali refugees in northern England. The interviews
showed that asylum movement is of a variety of types, with two stage migration commonly involved – firstly immediate flight
to a neighbouring haven, and secondly on to a more permanent place of settlement. Very few respondents had any real choice
in where they ended up. Instead, family circumstances, cultural connections, and the actions of a variety of institutions
produced scenarios in which there was generally no alternative to the actual destination arrived at. It is suggested that
a mix of individual level and institutional explanations is needed to understand patterns of asylum destinations.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
| |
Keywords: | |
本文献已被 SpringerLink 等数据库收录! |
|