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Length of stay in asylum centres and mental health in asylum seekers: a retrospective study from Denmark

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2007
Background The length of stay in asylum centres is generally mentioned as a possible health risk to asylum seekers. Medical staff working with asylum seekers has claimed that long lengths of stay in asylum centres might cause or aggravate mental ...
Stæhr Mia A   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Fortress European City: The socio-spatial Exclusion of Asylum Seekers in Copenhagen, Madrid, and Berlin [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The article aims to illustrate the spatial dimensions of exclusionary mechanisms applied to immigrants asking for asylum in European cities. It focuses on the housing of asylum seekers, its policies, effects, causes, conflicts and resistance, with the ...
Kreichauf, René
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Researching Attitude–Identity Dynamics to Understand Social Conflict and Change

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Societies undergo constant change, manifested in various ways such as technological developments, economic transitions, reorganization of cultural values and beliefs, or changes in social structures. Individuals play an active role in shaping social and societal change by interactively negotiating its manifestation.
Adrian Lüders   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Art and the asylum seeker: effects on public attitudes of viewing paintings created by individuals applying for political asylum in the UK

open access: yesCogent Social Sciences
The purpose of the current research was to examine possibilities for assuaging public hostility towards asylum seekers by showing members of the public paintings completed by asylum seekers.
Roger Bennett, Rohini Vijaygopal
doaj   +1 more source

“Upon the Limits of Rights Regimes”: Reception Conditions of Asylum Seekers in the Republic of Ireland

open access: yesRefuge, 2007
Only in recent years has Ireland had to deal with appreciable numbers of asylum seekers coming to her shores. The reception of asylum seekers awaiting determination of refugee claims has drastically altered in that period. From inclusion to exclusion has
Liam Thornton
doaj   +1 more source

Papua New Guinea’s refugee track record and its obligations under the 2013 Regional Resettlement Arrangement with Australia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This paper examines Papua New Guinea\u27s track record in assessing and resettling asylum seekers, its current obligations under the 2013 Regional Resettlement Arrangement, and the sustainability of this arrangement.
Diana Glazebrook
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Asylum-seekers and refugees: A structuration theory analysis of their experiences in the UK [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Healey, R. L. (2006). Asylum-seekers and refugees: A structuration theory analysis of their experiences in the UK 2006. Population, Space and Place, 12(4), pp.
Healey, Ruth L.
core   +1 more source

Intergroup Contact With Refugees Shapes Levels of Social Fear of Crime

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Intergroup contact affects how people see the world more broadly. Across four studies (Ntotal = 1,743), we tested whether valenced intergroup contact with refugees as a criminally stigmatized group affects social fear of crime mediated by prejudice.
Patrick F. Kotzur   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transition from an asylum seeker–specific health service to mainstream primary care for community-based asylum seekers: a qualitative interview study

open access: yesPublic Health Research & Practice, 2018
Background and aim: Transition of asylum seekers from special-purpose health services to mainstream primary care is both necessary and difficult. This study explores the issues encountered by asylum seekers undergoing this transition in Sydney, Australia.
Genevieve L Fair   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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