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Hoewe, Jennifer. "Coverage of a Crisis: The Effects of International News Portrayals of Refugees and Misuse of the Term “Immigrant”." American Behavioral Scientist 62, no. 4 (February 19, 2018): 478–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0002764218759579.
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Given the intense debate surrounding the United States’ policies regarding admission of refugees and immigrants into the country, this study set out to determine how the news media cover refugees and how that coverage influences news consumers. This research examines how news stories informed the public about the individuals affected by the wars in Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq. In particular, it explores usage of the word “refugee” as opposed to “immigrant” to determine how individuals fleeing their home countries were described by the press. A content analysis revealed that U.S. newspapers were more likely than international newspapers to conflate the term “immigrant” with “refugee.” Also, when refugees were incorrectly described as “immigrants,” references to terrorism were more likely. The experimental portion of this research tested how news consumers respond to this framing of “refugee” versus “immigrant” in the same war-torn situation. Democrats, Independents, and Republicans who read about individuals labeled as “refugees” did not distinguish them from “immigrants” in the same situation, indicating they may have adopted the U.S. news media’s conflation of these terms. Republicans, however, had more negative perceptions of both refugees and immigrants than did Democrats or Independents, reporting greater perceptions of threat and favoring more stringent policy. These results suggest that American news consumers do not distinguish between refugees and immigrants in terms of policy, which at least partially implicates U.S. news media for not providing a solid benchmark for understanding these groups of people.
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Sultoni, Yahya, and Khoirul Efendi. "The Existence Of Refugees And Immigrants From Middle East In Southeast Asia." UMRAN - International Journal of Islamic and Civilizational Studies 7, no. 3 (October 4, 2020): 77–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.11113/umran2020.7n3.440.
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Refugees and immigrants are the people who move from a region to another region crossing the countries border for surviving purposes. The reason they migrate to another place moslty because of conflict in their own country, also due to welfare and economic problems. The majority of refugees and immigrant in Indonesia go to Christmas Island, Australia as the final destination seeking the asylum or protection. Automatically they passed the area of the countries in Southeast Asia. It takes a long time for the moving process to the destination country until the status of the determination process for asylum or refugee by UNHCR. Because of the long time, there are fears that the immigrants will impact the stability of national security, economy, social, culture and other aspects. It also considered as demographic problems while increasing population in a country which is traversed by refugees and immigrant. It is important to analyze the influence of the existence of refugees and immigrants, as well as their potential in Southeast Asia Countries. Managing the existence of refugees and immigrant also considered for helping the government and other stakeholders to make the right policy for handling refugees and immigrants.
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Kurniawan, Yudi, and Anna Dian Savitri. "Group Therapy to Reduce Depression Symptoms in Refugee Immigrants Terapi Kelompok untuk Menurunkan Gejala Depresi pada Imigran Pengungsi." Jurnal Dinamika Sosial Budaya 19, no. 2 (December 3, 2018): 329. http://dx.doi.org/10.26623/jdsb.v19i2.995.
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This study aims to measure the decline in depressive symptoms experienced by refugee immigrants through group therapy. Group therapy is used as an intervention to reduce symptoms of depression. The hypothesis was that there was a difference in depressive symptoms score between the experimental and the control group of the immigrant refugee after being given group therapy. This research uses non randomized pretest-posttest control group design. The subjects of the study were 10 immigrants of 30-40-year-old female refugees, divided into experimental and control groups. Non-parametric statistical analysis Mann-Whitney U showed no difference in depressive symptoms score between refugee immigrants experimental group and control group, p = 0,009 (p <0,05). Qualitative analysis shows there is a change of emotional expression on immigrant refugees in the experimental group. The results of this study are important as a study to understand the dynamics of urban clinical psychological problems, particularly those associated with refugee immigrants
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Bedard, Brenden, Melissa Pennise, Anita C. Weimer, and Byron S. Kennedy. "Magnitude of Giardia cases among refugees, adoptees and immigrants in Monroe County, New York, 2003-2013." International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care 12, no. 3 (September 12, 2016): 211–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijmhsc-05-2015-0019.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine the morbidity of Giardia in Monroe County, New York attributed to refugees, foreign adoptees and immigrants, and to examine factors related to asymptomatic Giardia infection. Design/methodology/approach A retrospective epidemiological analysis was conducted of Giardia case investigations submitted to the New York State Department of Health on the Communicable Disease Electronic Surveillance System, between January 1, 2003 and December 31, 2013 from Monroe County Department of Public Health. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression models were used to assess odds for asymptomatic Giardia. Findings Of the 1,221 Giardia cases reported in Monroe County during that time, 38 percent (n=467) were refugees, 6 percent (n=77) were foreign adoptees and 1.4 percent (n=17) were immigrants. In total, 95 percent of the refugees and 89 percent of the adoptees/immigrants were asymptomatic, compared to 15 percent of the non-refugee/adoptee/immigrant cases. Unadjusted odds for asymptomatic infection were 113.4 (95 percent CI: 70.6-183.7) for refugees, and 45.6 (95 percent CI: 22.9-91) for adoptees/immigrants. Originality/value This study demonstrates the importance of routine screening for Giardia during refugees’ initial health assessment.
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Lane, Ginny, Marwa Farag, Judy White, Christine Nisbet, and Hassan Vatanparast. "Chronic health disparities among refugee and immigrant children in Canada." Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism 43, no. 10 (October 2018): 1043–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/apnm-2017-0407.
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There are knowledge gaps in our understanding of the development of chronic disease risks in children, especially with regard to the risk differentials experienced by immigrants and refugees. The Healthy Immigrant Children study employed a mixed-methods cross-sectional study design to characterize the health and nutritional status of 300 immigrant and refugee children aged 3–13 years who had been in Canada for less than 5 years. Quantitative data regarding socioeconomic status, food security, physical activity, diet, and bone and body composition and anthropometric measurements were collected. Qualitative data regarding their experiences with accessing health care and their family lifestyle habits were gathered through in-depth interviews with the parents of newcomer children. Many newcomers spoke about their struggles to attain their desired standard of living. Regarding health outcomes, significantly more refugees (23%) had stunted growth when compared with immigrants (5%). Older children, those with better-educated parents, and those who consumed a poorer-quality diet were at a higher risk of being overweight or obese. Sixty percent of refugees and 42% of immigrants had high blood cholesterol. Significant health concerns for refugee children include stunting and high blood cholesterol levels, and emerging trends indicate that older immigrant children from privileged backgrounds in low-income countries may be more at risk of overweight and obesity. A variety of pathways related to their families’ conceptualization of life in Canada and the social structures that limit progress to meeting their goals likely influence the development of health inequity among refugee and immigrant children. Public health initiatives should address these health inequities among newcomer families.
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Mossaad, Nadwa, Jeremy Ferwerda, Duncan Lawrence, Jeremy Weinstein, and Jens Hainmueller. "In search of opportunity and community: Internal migration of refugees in the United States." Science Advances 6, no. 32 (August 2020): eabb0295. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abb0295.
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At a time of heightened anxiety surrounding immigration, state governments have increasingly sought to manage immigrant and refugee flows. Yet the factors that influence where immigrants choose to settle after arrival remain unclear. We bring evidence to this question by analyzing population-level data for refugees resettled within the United States. Unlike other immigrants, refugees are assigned to initial locations across the country but are free to relocate and select another residence after arrival. Drawing on individual-level administrative data for adult refugees resettled between 2000 and 2014 (N = 447,747), we examine the relative desirability of locations by examining how retention rates and patterns of secondary migration differ across states. We find no discernible evidence that refugees’ locational choices are strongly influenced by state partisanship or the generosity of welfare benefits. Instead, we find that refugees prioritize locations with employment opportunities and existing co-national networks.
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Schmidtke, Oliver. "The Civil Society Dynamic of Including and Empowering Refugees in Canada’s Urban Centres." Social Inclusion 6, no. 1 (March 29, 2018): 147–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/si.v6i1.1306.
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This article addresses the critical role that civil society at the urban level plays in integrating and empowering immigrants and minorities in Canadian society. From a place-based approach, it investigates how key agencies in the local community have been instrumental in including immigrants in general and refugees in particular into the fabric of Canadian society. Empirically the analysis focuses on Neighbourhood Houses in Greater Vancouver and the Privately-Sponsored Refugee program in Canada. With the interpretative lens on the urban context, the article shows how immigrants and refugees have gained agency and voice in the public arena through place-based communities. The insight into these two empirical cases provides the basis for conceptualizing the socio-political dynamics of immigrant settlement and integration in terms of the effects generated by urban governance structures.
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Vatamaniuk, Anastasiia. "Social Aspects of the Immigration Movement in Present-Day Spain." Історико-політичні проблеми сучасного світу, no. 35-36 (December 20, 2017): 109–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.31861/mhpi2017.35-36.109-115.
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The author of the article considers the concept of immigration as a social threat to the Spanish society, highlights social attitude towards immigrants and refugees in Spain and analyzes the adaptation of immigrants to the new environment. The author attempts to give in-depth analysis of the migration policy of Spain and discloses the main factors affecting social attitude towards immigrants and refugees in Spain. Consequently, the author explains current tendency, creating a negative stereotype of an immigrant in the Spanish society.
Keywords: Refugees, immigrants, integration, adaptation, migration policy of Spain
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Laser-Maira, Julie Anne, and Elsa Campos. "Working Towards a Culturally Competent Practice with Mexican Immigrants." International Journal of Social Work 5, no. 1 (March 8, 2018): 37. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/ijsw.v5i1.12572.
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In this politically charged times, the plight of Mexican immigrants have been incorrectly characterized and ridiculed. We believe clinicians need to better understand who they are and how to become culturally competent to work effectively with Mexican immigrants. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (1951) defines a political refugee as “a person who owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality, and is unable to or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country…” In contrast, an economic refugee is a person seeking refugee status in another country for economic reasons. With political refugee status comes both legal and financial support by the U.S. government. However, an economic refugee is not afforded such opportunities. In the United States, there are 660,477 political refugees (Dovidio & Esses, 2001), additionally, it is estimated that there are five to eight million economic refugees who are without legal documents (Yakushko & Chronister, 2005). It is believed that of this five to eight million economic refugees, 95% are from Mexico (Yakushko & Chronister). This translates to 4,750,000 to 7,600,000 Mexican economic refugees. Though U.S. legislation has tried to control the number of economic refugees entering the country and expel economic refugees already living within its borders, the reality is that great majority of the 4,750,000 to 7,600,000 individuals are gainfully employed and will probably stay in the United States until they have earned sufficient money to be able to return to Mexico and survive economic deprivation. With such staggering numbers of economic refugees seeking the opportunity to make a living within the United States, it is becoming increasingly important to address the mental health needs of such individuals. Although federal policy often dictates the exclusion of funding opportunities for services to economic refugees, the reality is that there is an ethical responsibility to provide services to all individuals despite legal status or country of origin.
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Mendoza, Cristian J. "Understanding Immigration Today: The Importance of Religious Literacy on Immigration and Refugee Crisis." Communication, Society and Media 3, no. 2 (April 14, 2020): p79. http://dx.doi.org/10.22158/csm.v3n2p79.
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This paper deals with the concept of immigrants and refugees when defining public policy. Public understanding of immigrants and refugees comes from political definitions and from secular and faith-based organizations. Most political definitions regarding immigrants and refugees are found in public policies: opening or closing borders, visa regulations, etc. These definitions include concepts regarding people who are object of the legislation under the mindset of people writing it. Sometimes the legislators don’t understand the world vision of immigrants and refugees. And those who respect the law don’t always know the mindset and motivations of the legislators. So a sort of common literacy is needed. This literacy is an essential part of this study. The objective of this paper is twofold. First, it aims to identify some of the general areas lacking research to adequately address the Refugee Crisis. Second, it aims to look forward for future research with representatives of key international entities helping immigrants and refugees. Its contents are organized in three parts: outlining the basic understanding of immigrants and refugees as it is found in contemporary academic literature, showing that without common concepts it is hard to reach agreements for social collaboration. making a call to action.
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Kapsalis, Constantine. "Fiscal Impact of Recent Immigrants to Canada." Canadian Public Policy 47, no. 2 (June 1, 2021): 170–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/cpp.2020-112.
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In a recent report from the Fraser Institute, Grady and Grubel (2015) concluded that, because of the low taxes they pay and the government services they receive, the fiscal burden of recent immigrants to Canada was significant ($5,329 per immigrant in 2010). The present study, however, shows that the fiscal burden is significant only in the case of refugees and sponsored immigrants. By contrast, economic immigrants actually pay more in taxes than they receive in benefits. This is an important finding because economic immigrants are selected primarily on economic grounds, whereas refugees and sponsored immigrants are accepted primarily on humanitarian and compassionate grounds.
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He, Ye, Silvia Cristina Bettez, and Barbara B. Levin. "Imagined Community of Education: Voices From Refugees and Immigrants." Urban Education 52, no. 8 (March 20, 2015): 957–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0042085915575579.
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To challenge deficit thinking concerning immigrants and refugees in urban schools, we engaged members of local immigrant and refugee communities from China, Mexico, Liberia, and Sudan in focus group discussions about their prior educational experiences, their hopes and aspirations for education, and the supports and challenges they encountered in their perceived reality of PK-12 education in the United States. In an effort to promote asset-based approaches, we employed Yosso’s framework in our analysis to highlight the community cultural wealth and to describe the process of creating an “imagined community” of education shared among our participants.
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Meidert, Nadine, and Carolin Rapp. "Public Attitudes towards Refugees in Germany: What Drives Attitudes towards Refugees in Comparison with Immigrant Workers from European Union Countries?" Journal of Refugee Studies 32, Special_Issue_1 (December 1, 2019): i209—i218. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jrs/fez046.
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Abstract The current global refugee crisis puts both refugees and Western societies to the test. The challenges refugees face within their host countries depend on not only situational circumstances, but also the attitudinal climate they confront. A negative public can have severe consequences for refugees’ integration. This article asks two basic questions that have received little attention in previous studies: How do attitudes towards refugees with different flight reasons differ when compared with attitudes towards immigrants from European Union countries? What factors influence those attitudes? These questions are answered for the exemplary case of Germany based on new data from the German General Social Survey, which was conducted during the height of the refugee crisis in mid-2016. Our results reveal that refugees are perceived less positively than European Union immigrants and the origin of this negative perception mainly lies in increased feelings of threat.
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Saunders, Natasha Ruth, Alison Macpherson, Jun Guan, and Astrid Guttmann. "Unintentional injuries among refugee and immigrant children and youth in Ontario, Canada: a population-based cross-sectional study." Injury Prevention 24, no. 5 (September 25, 2017): 337–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2016-042276.
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BackgroundUnintentional injuries are a leading reason for seeking emergency care. Refugees face vulnerabilities that may contribute to injury risk. We aimed to compare the rates of unintentional injuries in immigrant children and youth by visa class and region of origin.MethodsPopulation-based, cross-sectional study of children and youth (0–24 years) from immigrant families residing in Ontario, Canada, from 2011 to 2012. Multiple linked health and administrative databases were used to describe unintentional injuries by immigration visa class and region of origin. Poisson regression models estimated rate ratios for injuries.ResultsThere were 6596.0 and 8122.3 emergency department visits per 100 000 non-refugee and refugee immigrants, respectively. Hospitalisation rates were 144.9 and 185.2 per 100 000 in each of these groups. The unintentional injury rate among refugees was 20% higher than among non-refugees (adjusted rate ratio (ARR) 1.20, 95% CI 1.16, 1.24). In both groups, rates were lowest among East and South Asians. Young age, male sex, and high income were associated with injury risk. Compared with non-refugees, refugees had higher rates of injury across most causes, including for motor vehicle injuries (ARR 1.51, 95% CI 1.40, 1.62), poisoning (ARR 1.40, 95% CI 1.26, 1.56) and suffocation (ARR 1.39, 95% CI 1.04, 1.84).InterpretationThe observed 20% higher rate of unintentional injuries among refugees compared with non-refugees highlights an important opportunity for targeting population-based public health and safety interventions. Engaging refugee families shortly after arrival in active efforts for injury prevention may reduce social vulnerabilities and cultural risk factors for injury in this population.
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Jamal, Muhammad Ahsan, and Yue Xie. "Evaluating the German Position Towards Asylum Seekers During the 2015 European Refugee Crisis." European Scientific Journal, ESJ 17, no. 28 (August 31, 2021): 18. http://dx.doi.org/10.19044/esj.2021.v17n28p18.
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The refugee crisis that emerged in 2015 was considered to be one of the worst political and humanitarian disasters and the huge influx of immigrants that arrived in Europe caused collective concerns among the receiving countries. The general attitude towards immigrants in Germany has been positive for years but the Syrian crisis prompted the German policies to become more lenient towards the refugees. Therefore, this paper analyzes Germany’s policy shift towards refugees after 2015 and examines the reasons behind the positive stance towards immigrants from the existing literature. The paper discusses the role of different factors ranging from economic, foreign policy considerations, ideological concerns to humanitarian values. In addition, this paper highlights the gaps in the literature and proposes directions for future research to comprehend German policies on immigrants. The research concludes with the findings that humanitarian values and past experiences have played a crucial role in shaping Germany’s refugee policy during the European refugee crisis.
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Hoffman, Lisa, Shifa Podikunju-Hussain, and Melissa Fry. "Seeing “RED” to Serve Students: An Example of Advocacy for Counseling Services for Refugee and Immigrant Adolescents." Journal for Social Action in Counseling & Psychology 10, no. 1 (December 28, 2018): 38–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.33043/jsacp.10.1.38-61.
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The purpose of this study was to examine to what extent a U.S. newcomer school for adolescent English language learners lacked adequate mental health services for immigrant students. School counseling professionals at this school sought data to advocate for additional mental health professionals without asking inappropriately invasive questions about family legal immigration status. Leveraging the expertise of school administrators, refugee resettlement experts, and university researchers yielded a creative method for collecting student demographic information without violating student privacy. Looking specifically at refugee students from high-conflict backgrounds (the “refugees likely to have experienced distress” or “RED” variable) allowed researchers to pinpoint psychosocial acculturation differences in comparison with other immigrant students. A survey of students revealed differences in reported attitudes toward school and perceptions of discrimination among refugees from high-conflict backgrounds compared to other immigrants and refugees from lower-conflict backgrounds. Findings also supported the notion that immigrant students were likely to have experienced trauma prior to enrolling in this school. Results of this engaged scholarship allowed the resident school counselor to advocate effectively for a full-time mental health counselor position for newly arrived secondary students.
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Saunders, Natasha Ruth, Michael Lebenbaum, Hong Lu, Therese A. Stukel, Marcelo Luis Urquia, and Astrid Guttmann. "Trends in mental health service utilisation in immigrant youth in Ontario, Canada, 1996–2012: a population-based longitudinal cohort study." BMJ Open 8, no. 9 (September 2018): e022647. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022647.
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ObjectiveTo describe trends in mental health service use of youth by immigration status and characteristics.DesignPopulation-based longitudinal cohort study from 1996 to 2012 using linked health and administrative datasets.SettingOntario, Canada.ParticipantsYouth 10–24 years, living in Ontario, Canada.ExposureThe main exposure was immigration status (recent immigrants vs long-term residents). Secondary exposures were region of origin and refugee status.Main outcome measureMental health hospitalisations, emergency department (ED) visits and outpatient visits within consecutive 3-year time periods. Poisson regression models estimated rate ratios (RR).ResultsOver 2.5 million person years per period were included. Rates of recent immigrant mental health service utilisation were at least 40% lower than long-term residents (p<0.0001).Mental health hospitalisation and ED visit rates increased in long-term residents (hospitalisations, RR 1.09 (95% CI 1.08 to 1.09); ED visits, RR 1.15 (1.14 to 1.15)) and recent immigrants (hospitalisations RR 1.05 (1.03 to 1.07); ED visits, RR 1.08 (1.05 to 1.11)). Mental health outpatient visit rates increased in long-term residents (RR 1.03 (1.03 to 1.03)) but declined in recent immigrant (RR 0.94 (0.93 to 0.95)). Comparable divergent trends in acute care and outpatient service use were observed among refugees and across most regions of origin. Recent immigrant acute care use was driven by longer-term refugees (hospitalisations RR 1.12 (1.03 to 1.21); ED visits RR 1.11 (1.02 to 1.20)).ConclusionsMental health service utilisation was lower among recent immigrants than long-term residents. While acute care use is increasing at a faster rate among long-term residents than recent immigrants, the decrease in outpatient mental health visits in immigrants highlights a potential emerging disparity in access to preventative care.
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Nguyen, Tuyen D. "Vietnamese Refugees and Immigrants." International Journal of the Humanities: Annual Review 3, no. 4 (2006): 124–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.18848/1447-9508/cgp/v03i04/41623.
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HANGARTNER, DOMINIK, ELIAS DINAS, MORITZ MARBACH, KONSTANTINOS MATAKOS, and DIMITRIOS XEFTERIS. "Does Exposure to the Refugee Crisis Make Natives More Hostile?" American Political Science Review 113, no. 2 (December 27, 2018): 442–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0003055418000813.
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Although Europe has experienced unprecedented numbers of refugee arrivals in recent years, there exists almost no causal evidence regarding the impact of the refugee crisis on natives’ attitudes, policy preferences, and political engagement. We exploit a natural experiment in the Aegean Sea, where Greek islands close to the Turkish coast experienced a sudden and massive increase in refugee arrivals, while similar islands slightly farther away did not. Leveraging a targeted survey of 2,070 island residents and distance to Turkey as an instrument, we find that direct exposure to refugee arrivals induces sizable and lasting increases in natives’ hostility toward refugees, immigrants, and Muslim minorities; support for restrictive asylum and immigration policies; and political engagement to effect such exclusionary policies. Since refugees only passed through these islands, our findings challenge both standard economic and cultural explanations of anti-immigrant sentiment and show that mere exposure suffices in generating lasting increases in hostility.
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Kogan, Irena, and Frank Kalter. "An empirical–analytical approach to the study of recent refugee migrants in Germany." Soziale Welt 71, no. 1-2 (2020): 3–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.5771/0038-6073-2020-1-2-3.
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Given the recent surge in interest in refugee research, this editorial discusses whether the study of refugees’ migration and integration requires entirely new theoretical and methodological approaches. We make the case that refugee migration is a special type of migration and that refugee integration is subject to similar laws and regularities as the integration of all kinds of immigrants. Therefore, it should be studied using conventional theoretical and analytical approaches to empirical-analytical migration and integration research. Obviously, special conditions of refugee migration apply, such as specific patterns of refugees’ selectivity, health and resource endowment, settlement conditions, and reception or integration services. However, such peculiarities do not represent distinct mechanisms; they are simply background conditions for more general mechanisms. Contributions to this Special Issue, which all rely on new high-quality data from Germany, best highlight the universality of general mechanisms of immigrant integration, on the one hand, and the relevance of refugee migrants’ specific characteristics and conditions, on the other hand.
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Wozniczka, Anna Katarzyna, and Per-Åke Rosvall. "A Nordic model in policy and practice? The case of immigrants and refugees in rural schools in Iceland and Sweden." Hungarian Educational Research Journal 9, no. 3 (December 2019): 388–413. http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/063.9.2019.3.37.
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Through a cross-national analysis of Iceland and Sweden, we investigate How are the two countries’ national and local educational systems ensuring access to education and social inclusion of immigrants and refugees? How do immigrant and refugee students talk about their agency in their classrooms, schools, and peer communities in rural contexts? Our analysis builds on fieldwork including classroom observations and interviews with immigrants (Iceland) and refugees (Sweden) aged 12–16 years, their teachers, and school principals, in four compulsory schools. The concept of ecology of equity is used to investigate power relations with regard to place and agency. The analysis also includes investigation of the politics of the teaching profession in response to students’ diversity. Findings show that although some students describe that they do not feel “othered,” the majority, especially refugee students in Sweden, do feel excluded from their peers. The Icelandic and Swedish rural schools are on their own in tackling issues of working with these students, despite the fact that their practices may lead to reinforcing inequalities between schools and regions of the two countries. In this sense, the approach of the two countries does not reflect the ideals of the Nordic welfare system.
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McBrien, Jody Lynn, and Rebecca Day. "FROM THERE TO HERE: USING PHOTOGRAPHY TO EXPLORE PERSPECTIVES OF RESETTLED REFUGEE YOUTH." International Journal of Child, Youth and Family Studies 3, no. 4.1 (October 29, 2012): 546. http://dx.doi.org/10.18357/ijcyfs34.1201211560.
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Because refugee numbers are much smaller than those of other immigrant populations in the United States, researchers frequently group refugees with other immigrants in their studies. However, due to the traumatic circumstances that most refugees face prior to their arrival, they require separate consideration. We chose the medium of photography to help newcomer refugee students express themselves beyond their current capacities in English, and we used the students’ photographs as catalysts to interview them about their resettled lives in the United States. Through this process, we discovered themes central to the students’ lives, and ways in which they were working to reconcile important past and present elements, such as family, friends, cultures, and aspirations. Bronfenbrenner’s (1986) ecological theory provides a useful frame for exploring these students’ processes of acculturation. Their photos, and their commentaries, provide critically important information for teachers, social service providers, and others working with refugee youth.
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Zanchetta, Margareth Santos, Abinet Gebremariam, David Aftab Ansari, Elizabeth Huang, Stéphanie Larchanché, Clément Picot-Ngo, Marguerite Cognet, and Shone John. "Immigration, settlement process and mental health challenges of immigrants/ refugees: Alternative care thinking." Aporia 13, no. 2 (August 23, 2021): 5–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.18192/aporia.v13i2.6016.
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This paper discusses progressive thinking and clinical views on improving mental health practice for immigrants and refugees. It addresses policy, care delivery, professionals’ attitudes, and immigrants’ access to mental health care — all factors especially pertinent for practice in major immigration hubs. The data was gathered from invited presentations and discussions among participants at an international multidisciplinary symposium, including health and social scientists from Toronto (Canada) and Paris (France), major urban centres attracting large numbers of immigrant and refugees who constantly encounter challenges for their successful settlement. The focus is on alternative care thinking and innovative approaches for better care and understanding of these populations’ health behavior. Recommendations on how to advance knowledge relevant for these two urban hubs of immigration were documented, underpinned by the consensus that economic disparities, societal and political forces, as well as cultural and linguistic factors, influence immigrants’ and refugees’ vulnerability regarding mental health stability.
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Ortiz-Cobo, Monica, Jose Garcia-Martin, and Rosella Bianco. "Will the “normality” times come back? L2 learning motivation between immigrants and refugees before Covid-19." XLinguae 14, no. 1 (January 2021): 182–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.18355/xl.2021.14.01.15.
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In these turbulent times of changes and transformations where educational processes are being virtualized due to the pandemic, we must not forget the difficulties that this implies for certain vulnerable learners and some learning contexts. That is the case of the L2 learning by immigrants and refugees. Such learners already have a starting difficulty, both for not mastering the language of learning and for the digital divide, which is increased by the migration variable. This work analyses, within a context of “normality”, the motivation of immigrants and refugees, in the light of their links and expectations. The differences in the relation with the Italian language are shown. The results show that the dependency on the host society, the uncertainty of the future and the absence of family ties are influential factors for refugees learning motivation. On the contrary, immigrants are not subjected to these factors, and therefore their Italian L2 learning motivations are different. By this research we conclude that adult refugees and immigrant students have different attitudes through the residency country language learning.
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Kastrup, M. C., and M. Schouler-Ocak. "Refugees and asylum seekers in Europe." Die Psychiatrie 12, no. 04 (October 2015): 241–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1669606.
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Summary Background: European countries are the main receiving countries of immigrants such as refugees and asylum seekers belonging to ethnic minority groups due to a global increase in social and political instability as well as socio-economic conflicts. Both the number of ethnic minority groups and the number of people with mental disorders are therefore growing significantly. The current healthcare services are not prepared for this specific population of mentally ill immigrants or ethnic minority groups. Mental health care for immigrant patients is lacking in cultural competence and legislation related to access to and utilisation of health services varies from country to country. Aim: This article attempts to give an overview of the current mental health situation of ethnic minority groups, especially refugees and asylum seekers, in Europe.
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Murray, Kate E., and David M. Marx. "Attitudes toward unauthorized immigrants, authorized immigrants, and refugees." Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology 19, no. 3 (July 2013): 332–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0030812.
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Zervou, Natalie. "Emerging Frameworks for Engaging Precarity and “Otherness” in Greek Contemporary Dance Performances." Dance Research Journal 51, no. 01 (April 2019): 20–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0149767719000020.
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At the dawn of the European refugee crisis, and in the middle of the ongoing sociopolitical and financial crisis in Greece, Greek choreographers started creating dance works that engaged immigrants and refugees. In most such initiatives, improvisation became the tool for bridging the disparity between the professional dancers and the “untrained” participants, who were often the vulnerable populations of refugees and asylum seekers. In this essay, I question the ethics and aesthetics of these methodological approaches utilized for staging encounters between natives and migrants through dance. In particular, I consider the significance of improvisation as potentially perpetuating hierarchical inequalities in the framework of Western concert dance, while I also highlight the ways that such artistic endeavors end up presenting immigrants and refugees as “Others.”
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Hollenbach, David. "Welcoming Refugees and Migrants: Catholic Narratives and the Challenge of Inclusion." ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 690, no. 1 (July 2020): 153–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0002716220936608.
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Faith communities play important roles in welcoming migrants into their new home societies. This article examines the history of the Roman Catholic community’s role in integrating immigrants into U.S. society, showing how the Church has created a large network of parishes, schools, healthcare facilities, and social service agencies that have helped immigrants to integrate into U.S. social life. It presents the normative stance of Catholicism concerning refugees and migrants, which stresses that respect for the dignity of persons requires enabling them to participate in a community they can call home, thus facilitating the integration of refugees and migrants. Survey data highlight some contemporary challenges to the continuing Catholic role in immigrant integration, suggesting new ways to strengthen Catholic contributions to the integration of immigrants by recalling both the Catholic community’s memory of its immigrant past and the values of its normative tradition. The article sketches several areas where further research could help to strengthen the Catholic contribution.
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Miconi, Andrea. "News from the Levant: A Qualitative Research on the Role of Social Media in Syrian Diaspora." Social Media + Society 6, no. 1 (January 2020): 205630511990033. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2056305119900337.
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The Syrian emergency, with around 6.7 million people leaving the country, is considered the biggest refugee crisis since the end of World War II. The impact of social media on both the representation of the crisis and immigrants’ behavior has been already analyzed in several works. In this context, the article contains the results of qualitative research on the use of social media by Syrian immigrants and refugees after the civil war and in the diaspora. By mainly focusing on young users, we completed 44 in-depth interviews: 22 in-person interviews in Jordan; 13 in-person interviews in Lebanon; and 9 interviews with immigrant and refugees in Turkey via Skype (for logistical reasons). The article is dedicated to three different uses of social media: collecting news regarding the war in Syria; rediscovering lost ties after the diaspora; and finally, the so-called resettlement or the organization of a new life in host countries. As to the findings, immigrants have been shown to use social media for all purposes, but to a very different degree. In addition, and more interestingly, the results revealed some blind spots of digital sociability, such as the lack of credible sources and the Balkanization brought about by the so-called Web 2.0.
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Skerry, Peter. "Lost in the Fog: Immigrants and Refugees, Bureaucrats and Activists." Forum 17, no. 3 (October 25, 2019): 487–506. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/for-2019-0029.
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Abstract At least since Emma Lazarus’s famous sonnet became associated with the Statue of Liberty, Americans have confounded important differences between immigrants and refugees. Cold War politics contributed further to that misapprehension. In recent years the continuing crisis at our southern border has rendered this confusion more evident and problematic. At the same time, a global refugee crisis of genuinely historic proportions has been unfolding. More than ever, it is critical to delineate carefully between the needs of refugees and the preferences of immigrants. Yet now there are strong counter-pressures at work, blurring critical distinctions between these two categories. These are particularly evident in the international political arena, where the United Nations Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is highly susceptible to pressure from the media, academics, and activists to once again confound the two.
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Russell, Mary N., and Bonnie White. "Practice with Immigrants and Refugees." Journal of Ethnic And Cultural Diversity in Social Work 9, no. 3-4 (September 2001): 73–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j051v09n03_04.
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Martinez-Brawley, Emilia E., and Paz M.-B. Zorita. "Immigrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers." Journal of Ethnic And Cultural Diversity in Social Work 10, no. 3 (March 2001): 49–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j051v10n03_04.
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DeRiemer, Kathryn, Daniel P. Chin, Gisela F. Schecter, and Arthur L. Reingold. "Tuberculosis Among Immigrants and Refugees." Archives of Internal Medicine 158, no. 7 (April 13, 1998): 753. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.158.7.753.
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Hein, Jeremy. "Refugees, Immigrants, and the State." Annual Review of Sociology 19, no. 1 (August 1993): 43–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.so.19.080193.000355.
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Taveggia, Diane. "The Vocabulary Notebook as Vehicle for Vocabulary Acquisition." Issues in Language Instruction 1, no. 1 (August 1, 2012): 9–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.17161/ili.v1i1.6944.
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This past semester I conducted my dissertation research at Penn Valley Community College (PVCC) in Kansas City, Missouri. PVCC is located in the urban core of Kansas City, Missouri, and its academic English program serves primarily refugees and immigrants, as opposed to the international students that we work with at the Applied English Center. I chose to work with the students at PVCC because my roots as an ESL teacher are within the refugee and immigrant communities, and I enjoy maintaining my connection with these very interesting students.
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Congress, Elaine. "Immigrants and Refugees in Cities: Issues, Challenges, and Interventions for Social Workers." Urban Social Work 1, no. 1 (2017): 20–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/2474-8684.1.1.20.
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The number and diversity of immigrants in cities have increased greatly in recent years. As social workers frequently work with immigrants, this article will focus on the following important topics: legal definitions, origins, employment, and health of immigrants and refugees, as well as micro and macro interventions in social work with this population. Micro interventions such as theculturagramfor greater understanding and engagement of immigrant clients, as well as macro issues involving agency structure and government policies and laws will be explored. Advocacy continues to be an important tool for social workers to use especially with current challenging policies.
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Liu, Liangni. "New Zealand's Changing Attitudes towards Asian Immigration, 1999–2004." Asian and Pacific Migration Journal 14, no. 4 (December 2005): 467–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/011719680501400404.
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This study surveys and analyzes articles related to Asian immigration and immigrants published in two leading New Zealand publications, the Listener and the National Business Review (NBR), during the period of 1999–2004. It found that articles in both publications reflected changing attitudes of the public towards Asian immigration and immigrants. The NBR is supportive of Asian immigration because it believes that the financial and human capital brought in by Asian immigrants are important to the nation's economy. The Listener is more cautious because it is more concerned about the societal impacts caused by the Asian immigrant influx. However, the Listener is sympathetic towards refugees, accepting the economic and social strain they may bring while the NBR strongly opposes the admission of refugees because they may become an economic burden to New Zealand.
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Iqbal, Maleeha, Laila Omar, and Neda Maghbouleh. "The Fragile Obligation: Gratitude, Discontent, and Dissent with Syrian Refugees in Canada." Mashriq & Mahjar Journal of Middle East and North African Migration Studies 8, no. 2 (June 8, 2021): 1–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.24847/v8i22021.257.
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This article analyzes the emotional lives of Syrian refugee mothers in the first year of their recent resettlement in Canada. Drawing on two waves of interviews with 41 newcomer mothers, we find three main affective themes in their resettlement narratives: gratitude, discontent, and dissent. Together, they capture a reality we term the fragile obligation, which reflects coexisting conditions of migratory indebtedness, disappointment, and critique. Inspired by foundational work in Critical Refugee Studies and Asian American/Ethnic Studies, centering refugee affect holds promise for revising dominant scholarly theories of immigrant integration, assimilation, and belonging from migrants’ perspectives in an era of widespread backlash, especially against Syrian and MENA/Muslim immigrants and refugees. By identifying complex post-migration affective states like the fragile obligation, researchers can help build more effective policies and practices to support Syrians and other forced migrants.
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Zanganeh, Yaghoob, Alireza Hamidian, and Hosseinali Karimi. "The Analysis of Factors Affecting the Residential Mobility of Afghan Immigrants Residing in Mashhad (Case Study: Municipality Regions 4, 5 and 6)." Asian Social Science 12, no. 6 (May 20, 2016): 61. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ass.v12n6p61.
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<p class="a"><span lang="EN-US">The settlement of the immigrants, especially foreign immigrants in different cities and city areas has a major influence in shaping and changing socio-spatial structure of these areas. Mashhad has been the target of a large number of Afghan refugees in the past decades (160 thousand people). The initial settlement of immigrants in marginal areas of the city and residential mobility in the early settlement has obvious consequences on the social and spatial structure of different areas targeted by the immigrants. This study aimed to analyze the factors affecting the residential mobility of Afghan refugees residing in districts 4, 5 and 6 of Mashhad- Iran. The research was a survey type and the required data were gathered by field studies using questionnaires and library. The results of this study suggests that a major portion Afghan immigrant (86%) have been settled at the beginning of their arrival to Mashhad in marginal areas and slums including, Golshahr, Panj-tan, Ghaleh Sakhteman and Tollab. In the initial settlement of immigrants in the mentioned places factors such as proximity to fellow coreligionists and affordable rental housing prices are crucial. In terms of residential mobility, 45.7% of immigrant families have changed their location at least once in Mashhad. The highest residential mobility has taken place in the Golshahr areas (28.1%) and Panj-tan (28.1%). Family residential mobility between regions existed in smaller and restricted scale. The stated reasons and motives in relation to residential mobility of immigrants are different in the later stages after primary residence. Generally the factors of insecurity and lack of resources and utilities, improved financial condition and ability to buy a better house, ethnics and religion inconsonance and the tenant conditions are among the reasons stated by the refugees for changing their residence.</span></p>
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Alini, Alini, and Langen Nidhana Meisyalla. "ANALISIS KEJADIAN DEPRESI PADA IMIGRAN PENGUNGSI DI WISMA TASQYA PEKANBARU." PREPOTIF : Jurnal Kesehatan Masyarakat 5, no. 1 (April 28, 2021): 359–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.31004/prepotif.v5i1.1637.
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Social conflict can make a group of affected people choose to leave the country and move to another country to gain a sense of security. Pekanbaru is one of the areas in Indonesia which is a temporary shelter for immigrant refugees. Common psychological problems experienced by refugee immigrants include stress and loss of interest as a result of staying in a shelter for too long. This study aims to analyze the incidence of depression in refugee immigrants in Pekanbaru City. This study uses a qualitative approach supported by quantitative data. The population in this study were all registered immigrants living in Tasqya House under the supervision of the Immigration Detention Center (Rudenim) and Kesbangpol Pekanbaru, totaling 136 people. This study used a purposive sampling procedure for selecting respondents. Data collection tools used the Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI II) and interview guides. Analysis of interview data using Collaizi analysis. In this study only 6 (six) subjects were taken for case studies based on the availability of respondents who matched the required characteristics. In the results of the study, it was found that most of the participants experienced moderate depression. The results of this study are expected to provide input to the government to take action on psychological problems experienced by immigrants.
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Beneduce, Roberto. "Undocumented bodies, burned identities: refugees, sans papiers, harraga — when things fall apart." Social Science Information 47, no. 4 (December 2008): 505–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0539018408096444.
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Taking an anthropological approach, the author reflects on refugees and clandestine immigrants, and in particular on the fractured structure of their narratives. This attempt to grasp the sense of vagueness or silence we so often find in immigrants' stories is designed to draw attention to the psychological consequences of both traumatic past events and of the unpredictability and uncertainty often experienced in host countries. The author further argues that the attitudes of social workers involved in clandestine migration and refugee issues reveal unconscious attitudes characteristic of meeting with the Other which also convey the contradictions, racism, and hypocrisy of our policies and governments. The author finally discusses the scenarios of death, violence and apartheid that characterize the day-today life of many undocumented immigrants, and invites academic researchers not to take for granted such descriptive terms as `clandestine', `refugees', and so on.
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van der Heijden, Eva, and Maykel Verkuyten. "Educational attainment, political sophistication and anti-immigrant attitudes." Journal of Social and Political Psychology 8, no. 2 (September 30, 2020): 600–616. http://dx.doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v8i2.1334.
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Among a national sample of Dutch respondents (N = 1,155), this study examined whether the belief configuration of personal political orientation differs for individual level of education, and how it is related to negative attitudes toward immigrant-origin groups and refugee policies. In agreement with the ideological sophistication perspective, the endorsement of social conformity and the acceptance of group-based inequality were found to be more strongly part of the political orientation of higher compared to the lower educated participants. Furthermore, the endorsement of social conformity and acceptance of group-based inequality were associated with more negative feelings toward immigrants and more negative attitudes toward policies in relation to refugees. These findings add to the existing literature that has predominantly examined education and political orientation as two independent correlates of anti-immigrant and refugee attitudes.
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Nyamwange, Monica. "ANALYSIS OF MODES OF ENTRY AND LEGAL STATUSES OF AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS IN THE UNITED STATES." International Journal for Innovation Education and Research 2, no. 3 (March 31, 2014): 84–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.31686/ijier.vol2.iss3.157.
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The paper discusses the diverse modes of entry and legal statuses of African immigrants in the United States. This is vital as it will have a bearing on the integration of the immigrants within the American society. Like all U.S. immigrant groups, most African immigrants are admitted through family reunification channels; however, African immigrants are much more likely than other groups to be admitted as refugees or through the diversity visa program which aims to increase flows from underrepresented countries by allowing immigration from those countries of individuals without a formal job offer or strong family ties in the U.S.A.
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Janky, Béla. "Changing Connotations and the Evolution of the Effect of Wording: Labeling Asylum Seekers in a Political Campaign." International Journal of Public Opinion Research 31, no. 4 (2019): 714–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/edy035.
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Abstract This paper investigates the moderating role of public discourse in the effects of labeling asylum seekers (as “immigrants” vs. “refugees”) on attitudes toward asylum policy. The study relies on a series of survey experiments conducted in Hungary, in a period when asylum policy suddenly became a highly salient issue there. Originally, respondents were much more solidaristic toward “refugees” than “immigrants,” but the public discussion on asylum policy suppressed this wording effect—mainly by contaminating the concept of “refugee.” By using data on news reports and respondents’ media use, the analysis also looks at the roots of these changes. In particular, it presents evidence on the moderating role of converging connotations of different labels on the effect of wording.
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Hathaway, James C. "The Conundrum of Refugee Protection in Canada: From Control to Compliance to Collective Deterrence." Journal of Policy History 4, no. 1 (January 1992): 71–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0898030600006515.
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Canadian policy on the protection of refugees has evolved through three distinct traditions. During the first era, refugee protection was constructed as a matter of immigration control. Indeed, until the middle of the twentieth century, Canada had no law or policy specifically oriented to the admission of refugees. Refugees simply applied for permission to enter Canada under the auspices of the general immigration scheme, the primary purpose of which was to promote domestic economic interests. The erosion of this historical view of refugees as immigrants has occurred only gradually, such that even today most refugees protected by Canada must meet immigration selection criteria, in addition to showing that they are at risk in their home country.
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Giri, Animesh. "From Refuge to Riches? An Analysis of Refugees’ Wage Assimilation in the United States1." International Migration Review 52, no. 1 (March 2018): 125–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imre.12285.
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Given that refugees may be fleeing from political, social, racial, ethnic, or religious persecution, they are not expected to be economically independent upon arrival to the United States. Considerable state and federal resources are specifically aimed at the economic assimilation of refugees in the United States. In this article, I examine the extent to which average refugee wages have assimilated toward those of their native counterparts in the United States. Among synthetic cohorts from 1990 to 2000, most recent young refugees increase average refugee wages by approximately 17 percent within a decade. Similarly, in the period between 2000 and 2010, the gains for young and recent refugees increase average refugee wages by approximately 22 percent. In contrast, across both decades, duration effects for the oldest refugee cohorts — irrespective of their length of stay in the United States — exert a considerable downward push on average refugee wages. The contrasts in wage contributions for the oldest and youngest cohorts are less extreme for non-refugee immigrants. These findings underscore the importance of age at entry into the United States for wage assimilation, especially in the case of refugees.
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Marek, Sophia. "Refugees in Germany: Amongst Culture of Welcome and Xenophobia." International Journal of Interreligious and Intercultural Studies 2, no. 2 (October 19, 2019): 68–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.32795/ijiis.vol2.iss2.2019.452.
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The refugee crisis in Germany is a part of the European migrant crisis in connection with the immigration of high numbers of people arriving in the European Union (EU) from across the Mediterranean Sea or overland through Southeast Europe. This period reached its’ summit in 2015/2016 with over a million protection seekers arriving in Germany.The high influx of protection seekers in such a short time has caused a social debate in Germany on how to handle the high numbers of immigrants and arrange the political asylum. There are different views on the reception of migrants that range from the culture of welcome to xenophobia. This can be observed in the society, where a part of the population gets involved with the refugees’ integration, whereas another (increasing) part foments anti-immigrant sentiments. Between those beliefs, many different attitudes and behaviors towards refugees can be found.This article discusses the situation of refugees and asylum seekers in Germany, concerning the divided opinions reaching from a culture of welcome to xenophobia. It addresses the transformation that Germany is currently undergoing and gives several examples of incidents of and against refugees that affect the mindset of the German population.
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Gans, Chaim. "The Rights Discourse and the Obligation of States to Admit Immigrants." Israel Law Review 43, no. 1 (2010): 164–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s002122370000008x.
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I argue in this Article that states have two types of moral duties with regard to their intake of immigrants. First, they have a duty to accept quotas of immigrants who have no individual rights to entrance prior to the determination of specific immigration criteria applicable in their case. Second, they have a duty to admit immigrants who are entitled to enter as individuals, namely, refugees and immigrants, who wish to enter the state for family reunification. However, under certain conditions, states could be justified in limiting the entrance of refugees and family reunification immigrants, who might eventually be eligible for naturalization by means of various qualifications and even quotas.Initially, I defend the complex thesis stated above by rejecting two positions supported by contemporary liberal immigration theorists. One position advocates a cosmopolitan human right to immigration, namely, every single individual's right to immigrate into any country of his/her choosing. The other position claims that states have a universal right to lock their gates to immigration. Finally, I argue for the middle-ground position stated above.
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Ellis, B. Heidi, Alisa K. Lincoln, Saida M. Abdi, Elizabeth A. Nimmons, Osob Issa, and Scott H. Decker. "“We All Have Stories”: Black Muslim Immigrants’ Experience With the Police." Race and Justice 10, no. 3 (February 15, 2018): 341–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2153368718754638.
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Understanding the relationships between immigrants and refugees and the police is a critical research task with implications for both community–police partnerships and the effectiveness of law enforcement efforts. This study contributes to such an understanding by examining perceptions of police and police interactions among Somali immigrants and refugees (both first and second generation) in three communities in the United States and Canada. This article presents in-depth analyses of qualitative interview data and draws upon multiple theoretical perspectives, specifically procedural justice and minority group threat theory. These perspectives have been employed to account for police–minority relationships in other works and we extend their application to a new group. We find that despite some evidence of positive interactions with police, current policing could do more to establish community trust and implement principles of procedural justice with Somalis in the United States and Canada. This article also finds support for the minority group threat theory in that study participants perceive that they experience harsher and more frequent policing due to their multiple marginalized statuses (Black, immigrant, and Muslim). Implications for both Somali immigrants/refugees and law enforcement are discussed.
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Valdimarsdóttir, Margrét, and Guðbjörg Andrea Jónsdóttir. "Attitudes towards refugees and Muslim immigrants in Iceland: The perceived link to terrorism." Veftímaritið Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla 16, no. 2 (December 16, 2020): 217–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.13177/irpa.a.2020.16.2.7.
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In the past few years, millions have been forced to leave their homes seeking refuge in other countries, most displaced from Muslim majority countries. The inflow of refugees and recent terrorist attacks in Europe may have reinforced prejudice against Muslim immigrants in Europe. Research on these issues is almost non-existent in Iceland. Using a random sample of 3.360 individuals in late 2019 and a survey-based experimental design, we address several questions related to attitudes towards Muslim immigrants and refugees in Iceland. Our results indicate that just over half of the population is willing to accept more refugees than is currently done and does not want to limit the proportion of Muslims among them. Notwithstanding, about 44% of the public believe that the risk of terrorism will increase if Iceland accepts more immigrants from Muslim majority countries. Political orientation and education are associated with attitudes toward refugees, an association that is partly mediated through stereotypes of Muslims as a security threat. The findings also show that people who are informed that research finds no link between the number of Muslim immigrants and the risk of terrorism are less likely to stereotype Muslim immigrants as a security threat than people who get no such information. This type of information has similar effects on people irrespective of their political orientation. Consequently, the current study does not support the proposition that right-leaning individuals in Iceland are more distrustful of scientific information than those on the left. The effects are, however, significantly contingent on education.