Safe environment? Investigating the use of temporary accommodation to house asylum seekers during the Covid-19 outbreak

Guma, Taulant; Maclean, Gavin; Macleod, Kirsten; Sharapov, Kiril

Abstract

This report presents interim findings of the research project: Investigating the use of temporary accommodation to house asylum seekers during the Covid-19 outbreak. The project explores the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak on asylum seekers living in Glasgow, by focusing on those individuals placed in temporary accommodations. It aims to capture the everyday experiences of asylum seekers living in these accommodations by adopting a digital ethnographic method, which is co-produced with Migrants Organising for Rights and Empowerment (MORE), a grassroots organisation based in Glasgow advocating for human rights and dignity for asylum seekers and refugees.

The project is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) as part of UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) rapid response to Covid-19.

Citation

Guma, T., Maclean, G., Macleod, K., & Sharapov, K. (2021). Safe environment? Investigating the use of temporary accommodation to house asylum seekers during the Covid-19 outbreak. ESRC

• Report Type: Project Report
• Online Publication Date: Aug 16, 2021
• Publication Date: Aug 16, 2021
• Deposit Date: Sep 8, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 6, 2021
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2799109
• Publisher URL: https://tempacco.files.wordpress.com/2021/09/interim-report_final.pdf