Exploring UK Public Attitudes Towards Stateless People
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conclusions cautiously, noting that ongoing research, replication, and systematic comparisons are
essential. The findings of this study highlight that many members of the UK public potentially
hold prejudicial or restrictive social policy attitudes towards stateless people. Given such attitudes
can adversely affect the mental health of refugees and asylum seekers, our research underscores
the importance of addressing discrimination as a key area for support for stateless people in
the UK.
Supplementary material. Supplementary material available at: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/N3WKY
Acknowledgements. We wish to thank all research participants for taking the time to share their views on this topic.
Author Contributions: CRediT Taxonomy.
Ellie Oppenheim Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration,
Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Ciarán O’Driscoll Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing - review & editing
Francesca Brady Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing - review & editing
Funding. No funding to declare.
Competing interests. No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).
Ethical approval. This study was approved by the UCL Research Ethics Committee, with Project ID 2223.001.
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