Iranians are considered the most successful refugee group in the Netherlands in terms of integration. However, their path towards inclusion is not without struggles. This paper highlights organizational and societal limiting factors that are often forgotten in research and policy on refugees’ integration in the job market and on inclusion in general. The data presented are based on 20 years of research on narratives from Iranian refugees – mostly women – about their struggles towards societal and organizational inclusion. This article critically discusses the implications of dominant discourses and policies on the integration of refugees in the past and present to enable reflection for the future. The empirical data show how the consistency of normalized images of refugees hinders their path to long-term inclusion. The data analysis is situated within the theoretical discussion on refugees’ integration in the labour market, connecting bodies of literature from refugee studies, organization studies and integration studies.

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失败的平等承诺：伊朗妇女融入荷兰

在融入方面，伊朗人被认为是荷兰最成功的难民群体。然而，他们走向包容的道路并非一帆风顺。本文重点介绍了在难民融入就业市场和一般包容的研究和政策中经常被遗忘的组织和社会限制因素。所提供的数据基于 20 年来对伊朗难民（主要是女性）关于他们争取社会和组织包容的斗争的叙述的研究。本文批判性地讨论了主流话语和政策对过去和现在难民融合的影响，以便对未来进行反思。经验数据表明，难民标准化形象的一致性如何阻碍了他们长期融入的道路。