Asylum seeker decision-making in journeys to the United Kingdom (2022)

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This study examines asylum seeker decision-making through an analysis of the contextual factors, processes, policies and practices that influence behaviours and decisions in journeys to the United Kingdom (UK). The study draws on an extensive rapid evidence assessment (REA) which included a review of 200 academic and policy reports as well as 29 in-depth key stakeholder interviews with Home Office officials, academics and civil society organizations in the UK and the Middle East and North Africa.

Drawing on behavioural science, findings from the REA and the interviews informed the development of a multidimensional decision-making model. The model captures complex interdependencies and feedback loops between the macro, meso and micro dimensions of asylum seeker decision-making. The model can be used by analysts and policy makers in conjunction with behavioural insight models such as COM-B, EAST and others, to help design interventions that are informed by system analysis and that account for complexity and emergence.