Research relating to refugees and asylum seekers who may experience a ‘double discrimination’ has been categorised under the theme ‘Specific needs’, which includes topics such as LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered] refugees and asylum seekers, women and refugees and asylum seekers with disabilities.
Issues covered in the research include whether the experiences of refugees and asylum seekers in London gendered and whether the specific needs of disabled refugees and asylum seekers are being met.
Latest research
"What we might become": The Lives, Aspirations, and Education of Young Migrants in the London Area, Melanie Cooke, King's College, London, 2008
The article aims to explore the identities, positionings and education of three teenage migrants studying English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) in two different areas of greater London. The teenagers represent three different types of migration to London and the article examines how young migrants negotiate and construct new identities at a time where there is conflict around immigration and integration.
The Children’s Commissioner’s findings and recommendations regarding the care of unaccompanied asylum seeking children in the London Borough of Hillingdon, The Office of the Children's Commissioner, March 2008
The document is aimed at Government, Children's Services, those working with unaccompanied asylum seeking children, and members and staff of the London Borough of Hillingdon. The terms of reference for the research were: to review and consider the care arrangements for UASC in Hillingdon; to examine the practice of Hillingdon in safeguarding the best interests of children.
A Working Paper for the Older Refugees Programme: A Literature Review and Interviews with Refugees, Refugee Council, Age Concern England, Age Concern London and the Association of Greater London Women, January 2008
To examine what is known about older refugees' views, experiences and needs, what gaps exist in the knowledge and evidence base, and how these gaps are relevant to policy and practice and to highlight the issues and concerns that older refugees themselves have about their circumstances and daily lives in the UK.