Abstract

This systematic review protocol aims to summarise the existing evidence on the characteristics of social support associated with alleviating the effects of poverty on the psychological wellbeing of refugees and asylum-seekers resettled in Western Countries. The evidence will allow better understanding of the psychological dimensions of poverty and forced migration. The findings will contribute to resaerch on improving psychologically informed policy and interventions that seek to tackle the effects of poverty on the psychological wellbeing of refugees and asylum-seekers in resettlement in Western countries.