1. Understanding Homelessness
  2. Demographics
  3. Demographics

Refugees, Displaced & Stateless People

Learn more about refugees, displaced & stateless people in:

Australia, United States, Kenya, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Lebanon, India, El Salvador, Zimbabwe

Resources

‘Neither here nor there’: Refugee young people and homelessness in Australia
In Australia, one in four young people are from a refugee or migrant background. Young people from refugee backgrounds are some of the most vulnerable people in our community and they might reasonably be expected to have different complex...
Region:
Australia & Oceania
Infections and Homelessness: Risks of Increased Infectious Diseases in Displaced Women
Bassam H. Rimawi
Meena Mirdamadi
Joseph F. John Jr.
Homelessness is a major problem that affects every continent on the globe, with estimates of up 100 million people worldwide who are homeless at any given time. Of concern, homeless women may be placed at higher risk for certain stressors...
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Emotional refuge? Dynamics of place and belonging among formerly homeless individuals with mental illness
Desiree Fields
This study investigated the emotional and spatial dynamics of belonging among formerly homeless individuals with mental illness living in independent supportive housing in New York City. The notion of belonging connects with a renewed...
Region:
North America
Taking Care of Their Own? Or Falling Between the Cracks? Absolute Relative Homelessness Among Immigrants, Refugees, Refugee Claimants in Vancouver
Daniel Hiebert
Silvia D’Addario
Kathy Sherrell
The housing situation of newcomers to Greater Vancouver is heavily influenced by the social capital of existing ethno-cultural communities. As a result, the extent of relative and absolute homelessness among immigrants, refugees, and...
Region:
North America
Housing Issues Facing Immigrants and Refugees in Greater Toronto: Initial Findings From Jamaican, Polish and Somali Communities
Robert A. Murdie
Adrienne S. Chambon
J. David Hulchanski
Carlos Teixeira
Toronto is the primary reception area for Canada’s immigrants and refugees. Since the early 1970s approximately one-third of immigrants and refugees coming to Canada each year have settled in the Toronto area, which has only about thirteen...
Region:
North America
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