Abstract

This study identified structures and strategies that assisted social integration of privately sponsored and government assisted Syrian refugees in Canada. Data were collected through interviews and focus group discussions. Sustained, personalized commitment of private sponsors to a single refugee family created respectful relationships, opportunities to cross social boundaries, and potential access to greater social capital. Short-term, large group settlement services given to government sponsored refugees did not offer any of these. Both groups subsequently forged social relations with people like themselves but only some refugees could cross linguistic, cultural, and religious boundaries based on commitments made by well-established Canadians.

摘要

本研究确定了有助于加拿大私人赞助和政府援助的叙利亚难民融入社会的结构和策略。通过访谈和焦点小组讨论收集数据。私人赞助商对单个难民家庭的持续、个性化承诺创造了相互尊重的关系、跨越社会界限的机会以及获得更多社会资本的潜在途径。为政府资助的难民提供的短期大型团体安置服务没有提供任何这些服务。这两个群体随后与像他们一样的人建立了社会关系，但只有一些难民可以根据成熟的加拿大人的承诺跨越语言、文化和宗教界限。