Identities and belonging: A study of Somali refugee and asylum seekers living in the UK and Denmark

Environment and Planning D: Society and Space

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 234-250

  Valentine, Gill ^a   Sporton, Deborah ^b   Nielsen, Katrine Bang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYLUM SEEKER; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; ISLAMISM; REFUGEE;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70349219647     PISSN: 02637758     EISSN: 14723433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/d3407     Document Type: Article

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