Meeting Basic Needs? Exploring the Survival Strategies of Forced Migrants, 2004

UKDA study number:5159

Principal Investigator

Dwyer, P.
University of Leeds. School of Sociology and Social Policy

Sponsor

Economic and Social Research Council

Distributed by

UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.

May 2005

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Dwyer, P., Meeting Basic Needs? Exploring the Survival Strategies of Forced Migrants, 2004 [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], May 2005. SN: 5159.

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Copyright:
P. Dwyer

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5159 . Meeting Basic Needs? Exploring the Survival Strategies of Forced Migrants, 2004

Depositor:

Dwyer, P. , University of Leeds. School of Sociology and Social Policy

Principal Investigator:

Dwyer, P. , University of Leeds. School of Sociology and Social Policy

Sponsor:

Economic and Social Research Council
Grant Number: RES-000-22-0377

Other Acknowledgements:

Mr. David Brown, project researcher.

Abstract:

The aims of the project were:

to consider how far the basic housing and financial needs of refugees and asylum seekers are being adequately met;

to explore the strategies used by asylum seekers and refugees in order to meet their needs in relation to housing and social security;

to explore the role of the formal and informal welfare agencies and actors in meeting such needs;

to engage in some preliminary scoping of the appropriateness of a policy that would allow asylum seekers to engage in paid work in order to meet their needs.

Main Topics:

This data collection consists of two related sets of transcribed semi-structured qualitative interviews. The first set comprises interviews with eleven key respondents involved in the provision of welfare services to forced migrants. The second set includes interviews with 23 forced migrants, including five refugees, seven asylum seekers, six people with humanitarian protection status (leave to remain), five failed asylum seekers/'overstayers', and one migrant classified as 'other'. Users should note that some of the interviews are combined, and one is a focus group interview.

Thirteen of the forced migrants were male and ten female. Ages ranged between 21 and 57 years. Nine countries of origin were identified: Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, Iraq, Iraqi Kurdistan, Kosovo, Pakistan, Somalia and Zimbabwe. The countries of origin of individual respondents are not included in the interview transcripts, for confidentiality reasons.

Topics covered include:

Set one (providers): background statistics; position of organisation and organisational role; key issues for welfare and housing provision to forced migrants; perceptions of the effects of formal immigration status on welfare; coping strategies of forced migrants, including welfare rights, informal provision, migrant behaviour, migrant employment; ways forward for the future improvement of migrant welfare.

Set two (migrants): arrival and length of stay in United Kingdom; housing provision and conditions; whether basic needs are being met by current provision; how migrants 'manage'; coping strategies; legal and illegal employment; ways forward for future improvement of provision.

Coverage:

Dates of Fieldwork: 2004
Country: England
Geography: Leeds; West Yorkshire
Spatial Units: Not applicable
Observation Units: Individuals
Kind of Data: Textual data; Individual (micro) level; Semi-structured interview transcripts; Focus Group transcript

Universe Sampled:

Location of Units of Observation: Subnational
Population: Key workers and forced migrants (from various countries) interviewed in Leeds during 2004

Methodology:

Time Dimensions: Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Sampling Procedures: Purposive selection/case studies
Number of Units: 20 interview transcripts (some combined) and one focus group transcript.
Method of Data Collection: Face-to-face interview
Weighting: Not applicable

Language(s) of Written Materials:

Study Description: English
Study Documentation: English

Access:

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Date of First Release:

20 May 2005

Copyright:

P. Dwyer

File last updated:

17 June 2005