Moving on: Integration and onward migration of dispersed refugees in the UK

The dataset deposited include 83 in-depth interviews that were conducted with refugees across the UK: Glasgow, Cardiff, Manchester and London. Detailed migration histories were collected from 83 refugees living in the UK and explored issues including arrival to the UK, experiences of the dispersal process, opinions and experiences of place, integration and citizenship.

There are 81 word files of individual interviews and one word file which contains the transcripts of a joint interview with two different individuals.<p>Since 2000 the UK has operated compulsory dispersal, a policy designed to ‘spread the burden’ of housing asylum seekers who require accommodation across the UK and discourage long-term settlement in London and the South East. To enhance understanding of refugee integration in the UK, this research focuses on the onward migration decisions of those who were dispersed and later granted refugee or humanitarian protection status. To date, much of the dispersal literature has critiqued the policy and focused on the negative outcomes for individuals removed from their networks. This project fills a knowledge gap surrounding the onward migration decisions and integration outcomes of refugees who were dispersed as asylum seekers in the UK. In this two-year (2012-2014), ESRC-funded project, we mapped the geography of onward migration amongst refugees dispersed across the UK as asylum seekers. We then explored the main factors that influence refugees' decision to stay in a town or city or move on and considered how this affects the process of integration. And finally we examined policy implications for different levels of governance, service providers and the voluntary sector, in terms of the long-term impact of UK dispersal policy upon refugee onward migration and integration. </p>

本存档数据集包含针对英国境内格拉斯哥、加的夫、曼彻斯特及伦敦的难民开展的83场深度访谈。研究团队从居住在英国的83名难民处收集了详尽的移民经历资料，并探讨了抵英历程、安置流程体验、地域认知与体验、社会融入及公民身份等诸多议题。
数据集包含81份单人访谈的Word文档，以及1份收录两名受访者联合访谈转录文本的Word文档。
自2000年起，英国推行强制安置政策（compulsory dispersal），该政策旨在将需要住宿的寻求庇护者（asylum seekers）的住房负担分散至英国全境，并遏制其在伦敦及英格兰东南部的长期定居。为深化对英国难民融入状况的认知，本研究聚焦于曾被安置、后获难民身份或人道主义保护资格者的后续迁移决策。迄今为止，多数安置政策相关研究均对该政策提出批判，并聚焦于个体脱离原有社交网络后遭遇的负面结果。本研究填补了英国境内曾以寻求庇护者身份被安置的难民的后续迁移决策与融入结果相关研究的空白。本项目为2012至2014年开展的为期两年的研究，由经济与社会研究理事会（Economic and Social Research Council，ESRC）资助。研究团队首先绘制了曾以寻求庇护者身份被分散安置至英国全境的难民的后续迁移地理分布；随后探讨了影响难民选择定居某城镇或城市，抑或继续迁移的核心因素，并分析了该决策对社会融入进程的作用；最终围绕英国强制安置政策对难民后续迁移与融入的长期影响，检视了不同层级治理主体、服务提供商及志愿部门的政策启示。