Social Protection for Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Glasgow

This paper explores the experiences of asylum seekers and refugees' access to social protection in Glasgow. A significant amount of evidence suggests that the controlling and exclusionary policies in the UK have affected social protection of asylum seekers and refugees by contributing to diminished social support and restrictions on service provision. As a result, asylum seekers and refugees are facing difficulties and challenges in access to social protection which is hindering their survival and integration in the UK. Given that, the findings of this study emphasise on the different social protection strategies applied by the asylum seekers and refugees to access social protection. Significantly, this paper explores the role of local informal networks and the third sector organisations in facilitating access to formal social protection. [Publisher's text].