A new Share Network study follows 197 refugees received through humanitarian corridors in rural France, across 43 volunteer reception groups — and sets out six priorities for what rural reception needs next.

As part of ongoing research conducted by the University of Birmingham’s Institute for Research into Superdiversity (IRiS) a study on the impact of the COVID-19 in the UK’s Community Sponsorship Scheme (CSS) concluded that with the advent of the pandemic and the introduction of social distancing and lockdown in March 2020 Community Sponsorship groups were challenged to offer alternative support to refugees in new ways.