New Research: Pandemic exposed major problems for resource availability and mental health wellbeing for refugees
As part of ongoing research conducted by the University of Birmingham’s Institute for Research into Superdiversity (IRiS) a study on the impact of the COVID-19 in the UK’s Community Sponsorship Scheme (CSS) concluded that with the advent of the pandemic and the introduction of social distancing and lockdown in March 2020 Community Sponsorship groups were challenged to offer alternative support to refugees in new ways.
‘When Life Changes and Becomes Harder, Adapt Yourself to be Stronger’
Syrian refugees in the UK reflect on the COVID-19 lockdown and their experiences of conflict in Syria