Abstract

In light of failing integration policies and practices, we provide a qualitative evaluation of a social innovation that aims to facilitate integration by providing refugees an opportunity to reside temporarily with locals. Our analysis of the experiences shared by refugee guests and local hosts provides insight on the theory and practice of refugee integration in three ways: we (1) inform research and policy on the effectiveness of staying with a local as a means for integrating refugees, (2) unpack the mechanisms through which staying with a local facilitates refugee integration, and (3) theoretically enrich the literature on indicators of integration.

摘要

鉴于融合政策和实践失败，我们对旨在通过为难民提供与当地人临时居住的机会来促进融合的社会创新进行定性评估。我们对难民客人和当地主人分享的经验的分析提供了关于难民融合理论和实践的三个方面的见解：我们 (1) 为研究和政策提供关于与当地人作为融合难民的一种手段的有效性的研究和政策，( 2）解开留在当地促进难民融入的机制，以及（3）从理论上丰富关于融入指标的文献。