Asylum: Refugees and Mental Health

庇护：难民与心理健康

• 批准号: AH/X011372/1
• 负责人: Rob Ellis
• 金额: $ 98.16万
• 依托单位: University of Huddersfield
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2024 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FX011372%2F1
• 关键词: Asylum; Refugees; Mental; Health

In the First World War, Belgian refugees labelled with melancholia, anxiety and emotional disturbance were documented in British medical records and admitted to British asylums. Until now, their life histories and migratory journeys have remained untold. Asylum: Refugees and Mental Health is an international research project which aims to give voice to refugees' experience of mental ill-health and make visible the emotional impacts of displacement. Modern-day statistics show that asylum seekers and refugees are more likely to suffer mental distress and less likely to receive support than the general population. Humanitarian agencies and mental-health professionals stress the importance of individual stories in fully understanding the vulnerabilities caused by displacement. While the stories of the 250,000 Belgians who arrived into Britain in 1914 - 1918 are being made known through public histories (particularly the Tracing the Belgian Refugees database project https://belgianrefugees.leeds.ac.uk/), the emotional impacts of displacement and re-settlement are not. Our project raises timely questions about the relationship between refugee dispersal programmes, sponsorship and well-being. Using newly-available institutional case notes, material culture and asylum photography, we have a unique opportunity to uncover the affective histories of refugees and to challenge the power dynamics of labelling and categorisation. Crucially, we will examine the life histories of Belgian refugees in this period to consider refugee wellbeing as an ongoing question of public mental health. The project is led by a UK-based Principal Investigator and Co-Investigators in the UK and Hollandwho will pursue this new research agenda with partner organisations which themselves have direct links to the history of migration and mental health, and work with contemporary refugee service-users. This includes the London Metropolitan Archives, Alexandra Palace and the Mental Health Museum in the UK, and In Flanders Fields Museum in Belgium. In collaboration with our partners' community volunteer programmes at the LMA and IFFM, we will extend and refashion the Tracing the Belgian Refugees database to centre the institutional records and emotional histories of Belgian refugees in British institutions such as workhouses and asylums for online audiences. Our publications and public engagement activities will use these resources to inquire into the negotiation of mental health and care in the case histories Belgian refugees in the UK and Belgium. Through co-produced activities with our partners, our research will support an exhibition designed with refugee service users, and a theatre programme for schools. This reflects a demand from within these organisations to develop creative and person-centred approaches to their public engagement programmes to better reflect the complexity and diversity of affective experiences and perspectives among their audiences and communities. This deepening awareness of the emotional history of refugeedom has significant policy implications for both the heritage and archival sectors' classification and representation of refugee history, and government policy on contemporary refugee sponsorship schemes under the banner of 'Homes for Ukraine'.

在第一次世界大战中，比利时难民被贴上精神病、焦虑和情绪困扰的标签，并被记录在英国的医疗记录中，被送进英国的庇护所。到目前为止，它们的生活史和迁徙旅程仍然是未知的。庇护：难民与精神健康是一个国际研究项目，旨在表达难民的精神疾病经历，并使流离失所的情感影响显而易见。现代统计数据表明，寻求庇护者和难民比一般人更容易遭受精神痛苦，获得支持的可能性更小。人道主义机构和心理健康专业人员强调，在充分理解流离失所造成的脆弱性方面，个人的故事非常重要。虽然1914 - 1918年抵达英国的25万比利时人的故事正在通过公共历史（特别是追踪比利时难民数据库项目https：//belgianshipes.leeds.ac.uk/）被公之于众，但流离失所和重新定居的情感影响却没有。我们的项目及时提出了关于难民疏散计划，赞助和福祉之间关系的问题。利用新的机构案例说明，物质文化和庇护摄影，我们有一个独特的机会来揭示难民的情感历史，并挑战标签和分类的权力动态。至关重要的是，我们将研究这一时期比利时难民的生活史，将难民福祉视为公共心理健康的一个持续问题。该项目由英国的首席研究员和联合研究员在英国和荷兰谁将追求这个新的研究议程与合作伙伴组织本身有直接联系的移民和心理健康的历史，并与当代难民服务用户的工作。这包括伦敦大都会档案馆、英国的亚历山德拉宫和心理健康博物馆，以及比利时的In弗兰德斯菲尔兹博物馆。我们将与LMA和IFFM的合作伙伴社区志愿者计划合作，扩展和改造追踪比利时难民数据库，将比利时难民的机构记录和情感历史集中在英国机构，如济贫院和庇护所，供在线观众使用。我们的出版物和公众参与活动将利用这些资源来调查在英国和比利时的比利时难民的个案历史中的心理健康和护理谈判。通过与我们的合作伙伴共同制作的活动，我们的研究将支持与难民服务用户设计的展览，以及学校的戏剧节目。这反映了这些组织内部的一种需求，即在其公众参与计划中制定创造性和以人为本的方法，以更好地反映受众和社区之间情感体验和观点的复杂性和多样性。这种对流亡情绪历史的认识不断加深，对遗产和档案部门对难民历史的分类和代表性以及政府在“乌克兰家园”旗帜下对当代难民赞助计划的政策都具有重要的政策影响。