The Exclusion of (Failed) Asylum Seekers from Housing and Home: Towards an Oppositional Discourse

O’Mahony, Lorna Fox; Sweeney, James

doi:10.1111/j.1467-6478.2010.00505.x

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“…For the concept of home, a distinction is made between the concepts of housing and home. We consider the former to be a neutral term denoting a place of residence, and a 'home' a term loaded with multiple meanings (compare, e.g., Koser 2016; Wernersjö 2014Wernersjö , 2015Kohli 2011;Fox O'Mahony and Sweeney 2010). Home is an intersection of place, time and social relationships and also closely connected to an emotional sense of belonging -also having the potential of being a location of oppression and violence.…”

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Housing pathways, not belonging and sense of home as described by unaccompanied minors

Kauko

Forsberg

2017

Nordic Social Work Research

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This article reports the housing pathways of unaccompanied minors and refugee children (hereafter 'UM') in Finland. Of special interest are possible experiences of UM of not belonging as part of the relocations they have faced, and whether UM's descriptions of their housing pathways include experiences of belonging and a sense of home that could be thought to assist with coping. The data consists of qualitative interviews with UM. As a result, for most of them, changes of residence were moderate in number and some of them had no memories of having moved. Some, however, had been relocated frequently. Nevertheless, the meanings attributed by the UM to their housing locations were similar in nature. The most painful experiences of not belonging were particularly associated with the arrival in Finland. The issue of home was ambivalent and had multiple meanings in the course of the housing pathways of the UM. UM highlighted many factors-such as an ordered everyday life-which a receiving country may use to help them in recovering a sense of place, belonging and future safety. Listening UM's experiences offers a number of implications both for the practical work of helping them and the arrangements of the reception and care.

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Housing pathways, not belonging and sense of home as described by unaccompanied minors

Kauko

Forsberg

2017

Nordic Social Work Research

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“…As Crawley et al (2011, p. 19) points out "in practice it is extremely difficult to forcibly remove people to countries where there are uncooperative governments, difficulties in obtaining travel documents and/or logistical and practical difficulties associated with transporting people to countries where airports are not operational". The fact that it is very difficult to deport some people to particular countries is reflected in the fact that repeated studies have found the same nationalities to have the highest propensity for destitution -Zimbabweans, Iranians and Eritreans (Brown, 2008;Lewis, 2009;Fox O'Mahony and Sweeney, 2010).…”

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Asylum, welfare and work: reflections on research in asylum and refugee studies

Mayblin

2014

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

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Purpose – Over the past 30 years asylum has become an issue of great political significance, public interest and media coverage in most “Western” countries. Policies and laws designed to deal with asylum seekers have proliferated, as have the resources required to manage them. These developments have come as a result of the rise of asylum as a social, political and economic “problem” which is seen to necessitate urgent action. Within this context, some countries, such as Britain, have sought to limit asylum seekers’ social and economic rights. In Britain specifically this has involved making paid employment illegal for asylum seekers, and in the process making the government liable for the living costs of such individuals – creating a situation of forced welfare dependency. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – This paper provides a review of research into work and welfare policy relating to asylum seekers in Britain. The paper focuses particularly on three key issues which are affected by asylum policies relating to work and welfare. These have all received particular scholarly attention in recent years: destitution, illegal working and forced labour, and the impact on integration outcomes. Findings – In the final section the author proposes some directions for future research. Originality/value – The review is, of course, not exhaustive, but does provide an overview of key themes in the literature and should be of interest to scholars interested in the politics, sociology and social policy of asylum.

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“…House is generally considered to be a functional shelter (Karlsson, 2019). On the other hand, home is a cherished location and atmosphere tailored to residents' needs and lifestyles (Fox O'Mahony and Sweeney, 2010).…”

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“Stay at home” for addressing COVID-19 protocol: learning from the traditional Balinese house

Putra

2020

ARCH

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PurposeCOVID-19 caused dramatic changes in daily life, including the way people stay in a building. Since the virus's outbreak and the mandate of social distancing from WHO, a house has become an essential place for people to avoid the propagation of the virus. However, recent house configurations cannot satisfy people's needs when staying at home and have not provided complete protection from viruses. Therefore, architects are expected to create new configurations. In order to establish a new trend, this paper aimed to explore the ability of the traditional architectural concepts that discuss the efforts to produce suitable configurations.Design/methodology/approachTo investigate to what extent the traditional Balinese concepts are still relevant to counter infectious diseases, architectural examinations and spatial stories were used as a method of investigations.FindingsThis paper found that certain traditional knowledge elements are still relevant to produce suitable configurations to deal with possible virus attacks and introduce more security layers to the house.Research limitations/implicationsLearning from the COVID-19 pandemic, this paper provides a view of traditional concepts that are now still applicable to modifications and adaptations.Practical implicationsIn these modifications, the traditional hierarchy of entering the house and the function of open spaces for food production are traditional elements that address the protocol to face the virus.Social implicationsLocal knowledge has given good things as a precious heritage from the Balinese communities' ancestors to face this new challenge.Originality/valueThis pandemic has taught architects to combine modern technologies with local wisdom as an approach to develop innovative antivirus designs.

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The Exclusion of (Failed) Asylum Seekers from Housing and Home: Towards an Oppositional Discourse

Cited by 21 publications

References 5 publications

Housing pathways, not belonging and sense of home as described by unaccompanied minors

Housing pathways, not belonging and sense of home as described by unaccompanied minors

Asylum, welfare and work: reflections on research in asylum and refugee studies

“Stay at home” for addressing COVID-19 protocol: learning from the traditional Balinese house

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