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The Asylum‐Integration Paradox: Comparing Asylum Support Systems and Refugee Integration in The Netherlands and the UK

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: This article explores the impact of asylum support systems on refugee integration focusing on theUKand the Netherlands. Both have adopted deterrent approaches to asylum support. The Dutch favour the use of asylum accommodation centres, segregating asylum seekers from the general population. TheUKdisperses asylum seekers to housing within deprived areas, embedding them within communities. Both countries have been criticized for these practices, which are viewed as potentially anti‐integrative: something of a paradox given that both promote the importance of refugee integration. We analyse national refugee integration surveys in both countries and provide original empirical evidence of negative associations between asylum support systems and refugees’ health, which differ in relation to mental and physical health. The integration and asylum policy implications of these findings are discussed.

Source: International Migration

DOI: 10.1111/imig.12251

Authors: Linda Bakker, Sin Yi Cheung, Jenny Phillimore

Institutions: Erasmus University Rotterdam, Cardiff University, University of Birmingham

Language: English

Topic: Migration, Refugees, and Integration

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2344820066

FWCI: 18.92

Cites: 32

Cited by: 133

Related to: 10