Based upon qualitative research with Somali refugees in two European host countries – the UK and the Netherlands - this paper explores the micro-level experiences and ongoing effects of the Somali conflict on their lives in exile. Challenging predominant macro-level framings of refugees in...

This paper describes how although affected by the shocks of conflict and violence, households are more than impotent victims. Within their own context (assets, motivations, perceptions, capabilities, resources and power relations) they adopt different coping strategies to ‘navigate’ through...