‘Step by step’: the role of social connections in reunited refugee families’ navigation of statutory systems

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Figure 1. Indicators of Integration Framework (Ndofor-Tah et al. 2019, 15).

Table 1. Workshop participants.

Location	Families	Participants	Women	Men
Birmingham	4	11	6	5
Glasgow	2	4	2	2
Belfast	8	13	7	6
Leeds	5	8	5	3
Sheffield	5	8	5	3
Cardiff	4	5	3	2
Plymouth	4	7	4	3
Leicester	3	5	3	2
Total	35	61	35	26

Figure 2. Connection diagram (Cardiff).

Table 2. Interview participants.

ID	Country of origin	Family composition	Gender of sponsor	Interviewees	Time in UK – sponsor	Time in UK – family
G2	Eritrea	Single parent	Woman	Son (18)	5 years	10 months
G3	Iran	Two parent family	Man	Sponsor (m) Wife Son (18)	1.5 years	7 months
B4	Sudan	Two parent family	Man	Sponsor (m) Wife Son (13)	14 months	5 months
B5	Sudan	Two parent family	Man	Sponsor (m) Wife	20 months	5 months
B6	Iran (Kurdish)	Two parent family	Man	Sponsor (m) Wife	2 years	6 months
G7	Iran	Two parent family	Man	Sponsor (m) Wife Son (14)	3.5 years	9 months
G8	Sudan	Two parent family	Man	Sponsor (m) Son (12)	3 years	9 months
G9	Palestine	Two parent family	Man	Sponsor (m) Wife	2.5 years	11 months
G10	Nigeria	Single parent	Woman	Sponsor (f) Daughter (13)	9.5 years	5 months
B12	Iran	Two parent family	Man	Wife Daughter (16)	1.5 years	8 months
G13	Sudan	Two parent family	Man	Sponsor (m) Wife	3 years	One year
B14	Eritrea	Two parent family	Man	Sponsor (m) Wife Daughter (13)	2 years	9 months
B15	Sudan	Two parent family	Man	Sponsor (m) Wife	21 months	9 months

Figure 3. Blank Wheel of Life interview tool.

Figure 4. Completed Wheel of Life (Family B13).

Ndofor-Tah, C., A. Strang, J. Phillimore, L. Morrice, L. Michael, P. Wood, and J. Simmons. 2019. Home Office Indicators of Integration Framework 2019: third edition. [Online]. Accessed 2 November 2020. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/835573/home-office-indicators-of-integration-framework-2019-horr109.pdf

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