Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- About the author
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Definitions and Scope of the Book: When We Talk About ‘Refugees and Other New Arrivals’, Who Exactly Do We Mean?
- 2 What Has Been the Response in the UK?
- 3 What Does Any of This Have to Do with Libraries?
- 4 Libraries’ Responses in the UK – Historical Background
- 5 What Barriers are There to the Take-Up of Library Services by New Arrivals? And How Can We Begin to Dismantle These?
- 6 How Are Libraries Responding Today? And What More Can We Do? Some Practical Ideas …
- 7 And What Can We Learn From Elsewhere?
- 8 Conclusions
- Appendices
- Endnotes
- References
- Index
Appendix 1 - Main countries of origin of people seeking asylum
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 January 2023
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- About the author
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Definitions and Scope of the Book: When We Talk About ‘Refugees and Other New Arrivals’, Who Exactly Do We Mean?
- 2 What Has Been the Response in the UK?
- 3 What Does Any of This Have to Do with Libraries?
- 4 Libraries’ Responses in the UK – Historical Background
- 5 What Barriers are There to the Take-Up of Library Services by New Arrivals? And How Can We Begin to Dismantle These?
- 6 How Are Libraries Responding Today? And What More Can We Do? Some Practical Ideas …
- 7 And What Can We Learn From Elsewhere?
- 8 Conclusions
- Appendices
- Endnotes
- References
- Index
Summary
According to the Home Office (Home Office, 2022), in 2021–22, the main countries of origin of people seeking asylum were:
• Iran
• Iraq
• Eritrea
• Albania
• Syria
• Afghanistan
• Sudan
• Vietnam
• Pakistan• India.
In addition, the UK also hosts resettled refugees: ‘Unlike asylum seekers, who can apply for asylum only in the UK, resettled refugees are identified abroad by the UN, and then transferred to the UK.’ (Walsh, 2021, 3). ‘From 1 January 2010 to 30 June 2020, 29,506 people were resettled in the UK under its four resettlement schemes … ‘ (p. 11). Around 70% of these people were Syrian citizens. The remainder were from: Somalia; Iraq; Democratic Republic of Congo; Sudan; Ethiopia; Bhutan; Eritrea; Afghanistan; and the Occupied Palestine Territories (p. 14). From early 2022 onwards, the UK has also been hosting people who have fled Ukraine.
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- Libraries and SanctuarySupporting Refugees and New Arrivals, pp. 149Publisher: FacetPrint publication year: 2022