Home > Research > Publications & Outputs > Homeless people

Research

Links

Text available via DOI:

Keywords

View graph of relations

Homeless people: Refugees and asylum seekers

Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary

Published

Standard

Homeless people: Refugees and asylum seekers. / Sweeney, J. A.
International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home. Elsevier, 2012. p. 116-121.

Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary

Harvard

Sweeney, JA 2012, Homeless people: Refugees and asylum seekers. in International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home. Elsevier, pp. 116-121. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-047163-1.00329-5

APA

Sweeney, J. A. (2012). Homeless people: Refugees and asylum seekers. In International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home (pp. 116-121). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-047163-1.00329-5

Vancouver

Sweeney JA. Homeless people: Refugees and asylum seekers. In International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home. Elsevier. 2012. p. 116-121 doi: 10.1016/B978-0-08-047163-1.00329-5

Author

Sweeney, J. A. / Homeless people : Refugees and asylum seekers. International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home. Elsevier, 2012. pp. 116-121

Bibtex

@inbook{4151341dc26045a8a0115511216e0eb8,
title = "Homeless people: Refugees and asylum seekers",
abstract = "Refugees and asylum seekers are especially vulnerable to homelessness and poor housing. In the developing world, the mass influx of refugees and the resulting large refugee camps raise serious concerns. Despite most refugees emanating from the developing world and remaining in their region of origin, the minority of refugees who travel to the developed world face an increasing range of barriers to entry and restrictions upon their access to housing. It is alleged that some states in the developed world use the threat of destitution as a means of discouraging (unmeritorious) applications and forcing unsuccessful applicants to return to their state of origin. Both international refugee law and international human rights law are sources of rights that may assist displaced peoples at risk of homelessness, but asylum seekers and refugees remain vulnerable.  ",
keywords = "Asylum seeker, Civil and political rights, Destitution, Economic, social, and cultural rights, European convention on human rights, Forced migration, Human rights, Inhuman or degrading treatment, Internally displaced people, Natural disaster, Refugee, United nations",
author = "Sweeney, {J. A.}",
year = "2012",
doi = "10.1016/B978-0-08-047163-1.00329-5",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780080471716",
pages = "116--121",
booktitle = "International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home",
publisher = "Elsevier",
address = "Netherlands",

}

RIS

TY - CHAP

T1 - Homeless people

T2 - Refugees and asylum seekers

AU - Sweeney, J. A.

PY - 2012

Y1 - 2012

N2 - Refugees and asylum seekers are especially vulnerable to homelessness and poor housing. In the developing world, the mass influx of refugees and the resulting large refugee camps raise serious concerns. Despite most refugees emanating from the developing world and remaining in their region of origin, the minority of refugees who travel to the developed world face an increasing range of barriers to entry and restrictions upon their access to housing. It is alleged that some states in the developed world use the threat of destitution as a means of discouraging (unmeritorious) applications and forcing unsuccessful applicants to return to their state of origin. Both international refugee law and international human rights law are sources of rights that may assist displaced peoples at risk of homelessness, but asylum seekers and refugees remain vulnerable.  

AB - Refugees and asylum seekers are especially vulnerable to homelessness and poor housing. In the developing world, the mass influx of refugees and the resulting large refugee camps raise serious concerns. Despite most refugees emanating from the developing world and remaining in their region of origin, the minority of refugees who travel to the developed world face an increasing range of barriers to entry and restrictions upon their access to housing. It is alleged that some states in the developed world use the threat of destitution as a means of discouraging (unmeritorious) applications and forcing unsuccessful applicants to return to their state of origin. Both international refugee law and international human rights law are sources of rights that may assist displaced peoples at risk of homelessness, but asylum seekers and refugees remain vulnerable.  

KW - Asylum seeker

KW - Civil and political rights

KW - Destitution

KW - Economic, social, and cultural rights

KW - European convention on human rights

KW - Forced migration

KW - Human rights

KW - Inhuman or degrading treatment

KW - Internally displaced people

KW - Natural disaster

KW - Refugee

KW - United nations

U2 - 10.1016/B978-0-08-047163-1.00329-5

DO - 10.1016/B978-0-08-047163-1.00329-5

M3 - Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary

AN - SCOPUS:84884466610

SN - 9780080471716

SP - 116

EP - 121

BT - International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home

PB - Elsevier

ER -