Investigating the use of temporary accommodation to house asylum seekers and refugees during the Covid-19 outbreak

该项目将探讨新型冠状病毒疫情对居住在英国的寻求庇护者和难民的影响。正如内政事务特别委员会所报告的，在新冠肺炎的背景下，寻求庇护者面临“更高的风险”。该项目将重点关注那些被安置在旅馆和酒店等临时住所的人，以格拉斯哥为基地，因为它是联合王国寻求庇护者最分散的地方当局。私营部门公司最近将寻求庇护者重新安置到“安全环境”的举措受到了广泛批评，特别是因为在新的拥挤的共享空间中难以保持物理距离，从而增加了接触新冠肺炎的风险。代表寻求庇护者的组织和利益攸关方报告了这一举动给寻求庇护者带来的恐惧和痛苦。此外，这种重新安置也使慈善机构难以向受影响的个人提供支持，他们经常在短时间内被转移。该项目将审查目前的实际情况，危机如何加剧了寻求庇护者的风险，并与移民社区一起制定应对措施，为寻求庇护者创造一个真正的“更安全的环境”。该项目采用与基层移民组织共同设计和共同制作的数字民族志方法，将通过开发共同制作的创意产品（包括纪录片）并与外展团体合作来影响英国政府的政策和关于庇护的公共辩论，从而产生长期影响。

This project will explore the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak on asylum seekers and refugees living in the UK. As reported by the Home Affairs Select Committee, asylum seekers are at 'heightened risk' in the context of Covid-19. The project will focus on those individuals placed in temporary accommodations such as hostels and hotels, using Glasgow as a base for the project as the local authority with the most dispersed asylum seekers in the UK. Recent moves by private sector firms to relocate asylum seekers into 'safe environments' have been widely criticised, particularly for the difficulties in maintaining physical distancing in new crowded, shared spaces thus increasing the risks of exposure to Covid-19. Organisations and stakeholders representing asylum seekers have reported the fear and distress that this move has caused for asylum seekers. In addition, this re-housing has also made it difficult for charities to provide support to affected individuals, who are moved often at short notice. The project will examine what the situation is currently on the ground, how the crisis has accentuated the risk for those seeking asylum and develop responses with migrant communities to create a genuinely 'safer environment' for asylum seekers. Adopting digital ethnographic methods co-designed and co-produced with grassroots migrant organisations, the project will deliver longer term impact through the development of co-produced creative outputs including a documentary and work with outreach groups to influence UK Government policies and public debate on asylum.