Tucker Comparative Migration Studies (2018) 6:29 Endnotes 1 With regards to the interviews the author undertook, ethical approval was received on the 4/5/2017 from the Regional Ethical Board in Lund. 2 While the impact of the temporary asylum laws introduced in 2016 on the acquisition of Swedish citizenship has yet to be tested, it looks likely that the restricted issuance of permanent residence may pose a significant barrier Abbreviations ISI: Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion; PRS: Palestinian refugees from Syria; UN: United Nations; UNHCR: The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; UNRWA: The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East Acknowledgements I would like to thank all those who shared their stories with us. My sincere gratitude also goes to Salim Salamah (from the Palestinian League for Human Rights – Syria) and Tom Rollins (the lead researcher on the PRS project for the PLHR-S). Salim and Tom were generous enough to share their incredibly rich data and insights with me. I am also very grateful to the two anonymous referees for their very constructive feedback and comments. Availability of data and materials The data cannot be made available as the author does not have the rights to do so. Authors’ contributions The author is the sole writer of this article. The author read and approved the final manuscript. Competing interests The author confirms that there are no competing interests. Publisher’s Note Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Received: 7 February 2018 Accepted: 5 June 2018 References Archdeacon, T. (1985). Problems and possibilities in the study of American immigration and ethnic history. International Migration Review, 19(1), 112–134. https://doi.org/10.2307/2545658. Asylum Information Database. (n.d.). Naturalisation Germany. Retrieved from http://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/ country/germany/content-international-protection/status-and-residence/naturalisation. Böcker, A., & Havinga, T. (1997). Asylum migration to the European Union: Patterns of origin and destination. Nijemegen: Institute for the Sociology of Law. Brekke, J. P., & Aarset, M. F. (2009). Why Norway? Understanding asylum destinations. Oslo: Institute for Social Research. Brochmann, G., & Seland, I. (2010). Citizenship policies and ideas of nationhood in Scandinavia. Citizenship Studies, 14(4), 429–443. https://doi.org/10.1080/13621025.2010.490037. Collyer, D. (2005). When do social networks fail to explain migration? Accounting for the movement of Algerian asylum-seekers to the UK. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 31(4), 699–718. https://doi.org/10.1080/ 13691830500109852. Darling, K. (2009). Protection of stateless people in international asylum and refugee law. International Journal of Refugee Law, 21(4), 742–767. Day, K., & White, P. (2002). Choice or circumstance: The UK as the location of asylum applications by Bosnians and Somali refugees. GeoJournal, 55(1), 15–26. DiCicco-Bloom, B., & Crabtree, B. F. (2006). The qualitative research interview. Medical Education, 40(4), 314–321. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2929.2006.02418. Doraï, M. K. (2003). Palestinian emigration from Lebanon to northern Europe: Refugees, Networks and Transnational Practices. Refuge, 21(2), 23–31. Erekat, N. (2014). Palestinian refugees and the Syrian uprising: Filling the protection gap during secondary forced displacement. International Journal of Refugee Law, 26(4), 581–621. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijrl/eeu047. Eshnaiwer, R. (2015). Palestinian Refugees from Syria (PRS) in Jordan: The State of Exclusivism (RSCAS Working Paper, 2015/91). Retrieved from http://cadmus.eui.eu/bitstream/handle/1814/37967/RSCAS_2015_91.pdf?sequence= 1&isAllowed=y. Eurostat. (2017a). Asylum Statistics. Retrieved March 4, 2017, from http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statisticsexplained/index. php/Asylum_statistics. Eurostat. (2017b). Countries of origin of (non-EU) asylum seekers in the EU-28 Member States 2015 and 2016. Retrieved March 10, 2018, from https://goo.gl/qAnPR5. Eurostat. (2017c). Distribution of First Instance Decisions on (non-EU) Asylum Applications. Retrieved March 10, 2018, from http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/File:Distribution_of_first_instance_decisions_on_ (non-EU)_asylum_applications,_2016_(%25)_YB17.png. Page 16 of 17