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Asylum Seeker Dispersal and Community Relations (2000-2002)

Funder
ESRC
Research Team
Dr Roger Hewitt
Dr Saulo Cwerner

This ESRC-funded project which commenced in January 2001 addressed some of the problems facing asylum-seekers and the communities to which they were being dispersed. Intended to provide a practical guide to strategies that have been used to shape positively local community responses to the presence of asylum seekers newly arrived in their midst, the project examined both good and bad practice nationally. It produced a practical overview of current practice intended to be of use to local authorities and other agencies involved in the distribution and settlement process.