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Journal of Refugee Studies 2004 17(4):437-459; doi:10.1093/jrs/17.4.437
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Field Report

An Investigation of the Perceived Needs and Priorities Held by African Refugees in an Urban Setting in a First Country of Asylum

Natalie Briant1 and Andrew Kennedy2

1 Department of Child Psychology, Northampton General Hospital, UK, 2 Deloitte, UK

This is the largest known study of the perceived needs of refugees in an urban setting in a first country of asylum. The study was designed and undertaken to aid an organization working with displaced people, and was tailored to this service. Nearly 500 people were interviewed over a period of four weeks. Semi-structured questionnaires were administered by refugees and represented the most culturally understandable method given the practical limitations of time and resources. While the results are limited by context, they provide useful information about the perceived needs of an urban refugee sample and the differences between components of the refugee community in Cairo. This report demonstrates how a large-scale study can be undertaken in collaboration with refugees and in a way that is culturally understandable. The process of this study is important in moving from research that is Eurocentric in orientation to more culturally understandable research, and may therefore be useful to other individuals and organizations attempting similar studies.

Received July 2002. Revised March 2004.


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