Homes for Ukraine: Arrival Infrastructures and the UK's "New Bespokism"

Abstract: This article examines arrival infrastructures and arrival brokering practices emerging from the UK government's response to people fleeing the conflict in Ukraine. We focus on Homes for Ukraine, a private hosting scheme. The scheme is an example of the "new bespokism" that characterises the government's approach to asylum. It has given rise to new geographies of settlement against a background of a "brutal migration milieu" (Hall, 2017) and provides an interesting entry point to examine arrival infrastructures. Drawing on insights from place-based research on the policies and practices of the hosting scheme, we discuss how it has shaped the landscape of arrival infrastructures for a distinct group of newcomers in a London borough and Oxford/shire. Our research included interviews and multi-modal participatory ethnographic fieldwork with Ukrainians, as well as interviews with hosts, practitioners, and support workers. The article reflects on the role of hosts as "arrival brokers" an

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; In: Urban Planning ; 9 (2024)

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Mannheim
• (who): SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
• (when): 2024
• Creator: Zschomler, Silke ; Berg, Mette Louise

Further information

• DOI: 10.17645/up.8574
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2412091447377.526526383210
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 15.08.2025, 7:35 AM CEST