Ageing in precarity: refugee and asylum seeker experiences of housing and home in later life.
Despite a global rise in ageing populations and forced displacement, limited research examines the lived experiences of older refugees and asylum seekers (RAS). Likewise, migration literature on housing and home rarely addresses the unique challenges faced by older migrants. This article addresses t...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies Vol. 52; no. 11; pp. 2793 - 2815 |
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