Author: Alison Prowle,

Author title: Alison Prowle, Senior Lecturer in Children and Families, University of Worcester, UK

Description: This article is based upon a research study with refugee and asylum-seeking mothers and the practitioners who support them in Wales, UK (Prowle, 2022). It considers the experiences of refugee parents, the myriad of challenges they face, and the kinds of support that they find most helpful. The study involved ten parents (two fathers and eight mothers), 33 multi-agency practitioners, and 15 strategic actors (local and national politicians and representatives of refugee charities). The research took a narrative approach with data drawn from lengthy semi- structured interviews with each of the participants. The article focuses mainly upon the perspectives of the eight mothers within the study, five of whom had children under five years old, and one mother who was currently eight months pregnant. For ethical reasons the participants‘ names have been changed.

Keywords: refugee, asylum worker, self-efficacy, dignity, choice, human trafficking, modern-day slavery, pregnant refugee, pregnant asylum seeker, liminality, familial framing

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