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has been running a research project relating to refugees and asylum seekers in the media for just over a year. Findings expect to be published in May 2003.
The research covers:
1) the percpetions and experiences of asylum seekers and refugees in relation to the print and broadcast media in the UK (do they have access to the media,; are they willing and able to speak to the media; do they feel their voice is represented etc.)via a number of qualitative interviews with refugees and asylum seekers in London, Kent, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Leeds. (carried out in Feb-April this year).
2) the media coverage of the asylum/refugee issue via a three month media monitoring of 6 national newspapers (Daily Mail, Sun, Guardian, Daily express, Mirror, Daily Telegraph); the Metro; and two Scottish newspapers; and broadcast monitoring of the main news bulletins on BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and GMTV (being undertaken by Cardiff School of Journalism). The period of the monitoring is 12 weeks from October to December.

From The British Refugee Council
Credit to the Nation (June 2002)
This acclaimed and newly updated study (of a report by the same name published in 1997) traces the history of refugee settlement in the UK and looks at the benefits that refugee groups and individuals have brought and continue to bring to this country. Credit to the Nation takes a fresh look at the asylum debate to show that without the contributions these groups have made to our society, Britain today would be virtually unrecognisable.
To order a copy of this report, call 020 7820 3042
or email books@refugeecouncil.org.uk
40 x A4, colour with photos (ISBN 0 946787255)
Price: £7.95 plus £2.00 postage and packing.

Standing Up For Women's Safety
In the first ever research report to comprehensively document the lives of refugee women in Britain, Refugee Action found that 83 per cent of women interviewed feel so unsafe here that they live under self-imposed curfew, locking themselves indoors after 7 o'clock at night.

Economic and Social Research Council
We maintain lists of our most focussed research support through Programmes, Centres, Groups and Networks, which we have grouped under our seven Thematic Priorities. A number of non-Thematic research infrastructure resources and facilities are also supported.
Good search engine.: http://www.regard.ac.uk/regard/home/index_html?

Oxford Journals
The Journal of Refugee Studies provides a major focus for refugee research, reflects the diverse range of perspectives on refugee issues - the content is multidisciplinary, promotes the theoretical development of refugee studies, innovative, analytical or methodological approaches, reappraisals of current concepts, policies and practice, encourages the voice of refugees to be represented by analysis of their experiences as well as publishing articles by host-country practitioners and researchers, welcomes contributions from field practitioners to the development of new perspectives on refugee populations.

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