Like pebbles in a pool: the effect of community sponsorship on knowledge about, and attitudes to, refugees in less-diverse communities

Author: Marisol Reyes, Jenny Phillimore – Institute for Research into Superdiversity, University of Birmingham

Date: June 2020 

Country: UK

Language: English

Description: The UK’s Community Sponsorship Scheme was introduced in 2016 and developed by the Home Office in partnership with civil society and local government. This report presents the findings of a research project looking at the impacts of the Community Sponsorship Scheme (CSS) on knowledge about, and attitudes to, refugees in five small towns characterised by low levels of ethnic diversity.