Supporting Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Glasgow: The Role of Multi-agency Networks

Wren, Karen

doi:10.1093/jrs/fem006

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“…While some groups were able to embrace the requisite processes of formalisation and organisational development others, by virtue of their informal nature, lacked the resources, organisational prowess or even desire to become substitutes for statutory provision (McFarland and Walsh 1994, Zetter et al 2005, Wren 2007). New migrant groups may not have the same advantages as longer established settled communities in terms of the opportunity to develop strategies to operate within the dominant socio-political system (de Certeau 1984, cited in Williams 2006: 867, Kelly 2003 and in the case of asylum seekers the precarious nature of residency militates against developing and sustaining enduring community groups (Zetter et al 2005, Zetter andPearl 2000).…”

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Networks of Support for New Migrant Communities

Forde¹,

Ciupijus²

2012

Urban Studies

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This article examines the role of support mechanisms for new migrant communities provided by networks of statutory, third sector and refugee community organisations. The article explores the dynamics of the relationships between support groups, with analysis located in the urban context of NorthTown. The findings point to the possibility of tension between migrant support groups where there is a perceived need to compete over resources or political influence. Moreover, it is argued that there is a risk that institutional goals of organisational sustainability may take precedence over substantive goals of support provision. The ability of support groups to assert agency in terms of strategic responses to structural constraints on sustainability is explored. It is argued that an organising logic based on the creation of a political community within the new migrant population can prove more sustainable than contingent communities based on commonalities of language or nationality.

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Section: A Review Of Debatesmentioning

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“…However, with different degrees of formal organisation and transient memberships or constituencies the propensity for sustainability varied (Wren 2007). …”

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Networks of Support for New Migrant Communities

Forde¹,

Ciupijus²

2012

Urban Studies

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“…As Wren (2007) has noted, while there are many similarities in the way that reception and service provision have been managed here and in other parts of the UK, other factors differentiate the Scottish context from other dispersal sites. In particular, there is a growing literature on the nature of Scottish multiculturalism, and the extent to which it differs from the situation in England (see, for example, Hussain & Miller, 2005;Lewis, 2006;Netto, 2008).…”

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confidence: 96%

“…This has led analysts to observe that where discrimination did occur, it was no longer as blatant (Netto & Beider, forthcoming). The key role that access to decent housing plays in the social inclusion and integration of refugees has also been recognised (Home Office, 2005, 2007Scottish Refugee Integration Forum, 2003). The Home Office (2005) explicitly states that the key aims of housing are to prevent homelessness, ensure access to permanent accommodation after positive decisions on asylum claims have been reached, and enable individuals to sustain their households.…”

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Strangers in the City: Addressing Challenges to the Protection, Housing and Settlement of Refugees

Netto

2011

International Journal of Housing Policy

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An increasing proportion of refugees worldwide now live in urban spaces, where their rights to adequate shelter, education and employment opportunities must be considered. In the European Union, a number of countries have tightened their immigration policies and adopted dispersal schemes which disperse refugees to urban environments. However, little is known about the circumstances of refugees once they have moved into permanent accommodation in these cities, how they cope and whether they stay or move on. This paper explores the impact of dispersing refugees to urban areas by drawing on a case study of refugees living in Glasgow, a major dispersal site for refugees in the UK. It reveals the diversity and complexity of the unique challenges that refugees face, including within the home and the neighbourhood. Four strands of policy implications flow from this: the need to facilitate refugee identification in urban areas; the importance of ensuring protection from racial harassment; the need for diversified approaches towards tenancy sustainment and the difficulty of predicting the impact of 'no-choice' dispersal policies.

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“…Using condemned properties will stigmatize the group of residents (Hauge and Støa 2009), and to know that one lives in a condemned building may affect self-acceptance (Ryff 1989). Accommodating asylum seekers in buildings scheduled for demolition further underpins that decisions are based on short-term considerations (Wren, 2007) which in turn do not support integration and equality. Some employees are quite clear about the significance of clean, nice and tidy environments, exemplified for instance by the statement that "order leads to order, chaos leads to chaos".…”

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confidence: 99%