Understanding the experiences of asylum seekers

International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 207-219

  Liebling, Helen ^a   Burke, Shani ^a   Goodman, Simon ^b   Zasada, Daniel ^c  

^a Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Psychology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c The Coventry Refugee and Migrant Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asylum seekers; Experiences; Thematic analysis; UK; Understanding

Indexed keywords

EID: 84935063918     PISSN: 17479894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJMHSC-06-2013-0016     Document Type: Article

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