Abstract

While the challenges of making a home in a foreign country are not unique to refugees in the Global South, their trajectories of integration in Southern host states often diverge from descriptions in the canonical literature on immigrant integration. What constitutes integration when newcomers share a language, cultural similarities, religious practices, and family ties with the receiving society? Drawing on ethnographic and interview data with Syrian refugees in Jordan, this article illustrates (a) the complexities that surface when refugees share similarities with members of the receiving community, (b) emerging axes of difference-making, and (c) distinct mechanisms linking humanitarian intervention with the facilitation and impediment of integration.

摘要

虽然在国外安家的挑战并非全球南方的难民所独有，但他们在南方东道国的融合轨迹往往与移民融合的规范文献中的描述不同。当新移民与接收社会共享语言、文化相似性、宗教习俗和家庭关系时，什么构成融合？本文利用对在约旦的叙利亚难民的人种学和访谈数据，阐述了 (a) 当难民与接收社区成员有相似之处时浮出水面的复杂性，(b) 正在形成的差异化轴心，以及 (c) 将不同的机制联系起来促进和阻碍融合的人道主义干预。