Choice or circumstance: The UK as the location of asylum applications by Bosnian and Somali refugees

GeoJournal

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 15-26

  Day, Kate ^a   White, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HUMAN ENGINEERING;

ASYLUM APPLICATIONS;

SOCIAL ASPECTS;

ASYLUM SEEKER; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; REFUGEE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037005036     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021700817972     Document Type: Article

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