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The Causes and Consequences of Administrative Burdens in the Canadian Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Tihomir Sabchev, Ian Hennessey
This article explores the administrative burdens that refugee sponsors experience in their interaction with the state in the context of the Canadian Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program. Drawing...
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Unsettling Resettlement: Examining Local Dynamics of Refugee Integration in the United States Amid National Policy Change Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Emily Frazier
Immigrant integration scholars increasingly emphasize the “local” level, yet most analyses of multilevel integration governance focus on municipal or other governmental actors. However, in the U.S....
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Beyond Economic Barriers: Conceptualizing Food Insecurity among Resettled Refugees Living in the United States Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Hannah Stokes-Ramos
The US Household Food Security Survey Module (HFSSM) is the most common survey tool to measure food security status at the national level. No previous studies have sought to establish its content v...
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Employment, Precarious Employment, and Unemployment Among Female Immigrant Youth in the United States Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Igor Ryabov
This article utilizes data sourced from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health to investigate the influence of various factors on the labor-force participation of young American women...
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Limits of Activation? Street-Level Responses to the 2015 Refugee Challenge in German Job Centers Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Mariella Falkenhain, Andreas Hirseland
Frontline workers in host-country state organizations influence refugees’ life chances and social integration. Yet little is known about how the local organizational environment shapes the action o...
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Rethinking Migration Studies for 2050 Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Anna Triandafyllidou, Marta Bivand Erdal, Sabrina Marchetti, Parvati Raghuram, Zeynep Sahin Mencutek, Justyna Salamońska, Peter Scholten, Daniela Vintila
Migration is a complex social process not simply a response to development imbalances, or a solution to problems like unemployment, poverty or population aging. As such migration and mobility are s...
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The Role of Gender in Asylum Migration to Europe: Analyzing Country-Level Factors of Gendered Selection of Asylum Seekers to Europe Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Maximilian Schiele
While 50% of displaced individuals worldwide are female, women comprised only 31% of the people seeking asylum in Europe between 2008 and 2018. This study utilizes data from Eurostat on 5.6 million...
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Tipping the (Im)balance: Risk, Rehabilitation and Membership in Administrative Appeals Tribunal Decision Making for Convicted New Zealander Long Term Residents of Australia Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2024-01-02 Rebecca Powell, Rebecca Wickes
New Zealanders are currently the largest nationality group of people deported from Australia. When a non-citizen has their visa cancelled on character grounds under Section 501 of the Migration Act...
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Accessible vs Applicable Policies? A Discussion on Calculated Informality of Afghan Migrants in Turkey Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-12-26 Shaddin Almasri
This paper explores the role of calculated informality in the interplay of policies linked to Afghan migration and refuge in Turkey, particularly through the lens of their applicability to this pop...
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Exit to Feel, Voice, and Act: Emotions and Actions of Russian Migrants Opposing the Invasion of Ukraine Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Varvara Mukhina
Previous research has shown that those identifying with the perpetrator group experience emotions, such as guilt, shame, and anger. These emotions have also motivated people to confront the authori...
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‘Still Stood Adamant and Strong to Chase My Dream’: Sense of Identity and Resilience among Hazara Youth following Childhood Experiences of Forced Migration Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Farnaz Shahimi, Karen Block, Eva Alisic
This article explores the interaction between the identity [re]construction, experiences of resilience and the sociocultural context of young Hazaras from refugee backgrounds. We conducted a qualit...
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“No Safe Spaces”: The Retraumatization and Dehumanization of Immigrant Survivors of Domestic Violence in the United States Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Sameera S. Nayak, Xenia Efimov, Collette N. Ncube, John Griffith, Beth E. Molnar
Immigrants in the United States suffer high rates of domestic violence (DV). Using data from six focus groups with 38 DV service providers, we examined how immigrant survivors navigate an often-hos...
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Hierarchical Governance and the Refugee Compact in Central America: Host States, Containment, and the Absence of International Resettlement Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-11-10 Craig Damian Smith
Central America is experiencing rapidly-accelerating displacement crises. 400,000 have fled to neighboring states, and 500,000 throughout the Americas. In response, the international community impl...
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Expanding the Reflexive Turn in Migration Studies: Refugee Protection, Regularization, and Naturalization in Latin America Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-11-10 Diego Acosta, Luisa Feline Freier
In this paper, we argue in favor of expanding the reflexive turn in Migration Studies, which has neglected migratory phenomena in the Global South, to political migration research on Latin America....
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Introduction: Towards a New Migration and Asylum Research Agenda for the Americas Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-11-10 Craig Damian Smith, Claudia Masferrer
This introduction frames the Special Issue by describing the rapid changes around migration and migration governance in the Americas over the last years – including the Venezuelan exodus, COVID pan...
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Considerations for a New Research Agenda on Migration and Refugee Studies: Lessons from Studying Migration and Foreign Policies in Mexico Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-11-10 Claudia Masferrer, Luicy Pedroza, Ana Covarrubias, Víctor M. García-Guerrero, Isabel Gil Everaert, Guadalupe González, Oscar Rodríguez, Antonio Yúnez-Naude, Beatriz Zepeda
Since 2000, Mexico has faced challenges in developing migration policies as it transformed from an emigration country into a country of return, transit, immigration, and forced internal displacemen...
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From Migrant Worker to Migrant Broker: The Grey Zone of Transnational Recruitment between Canada and Guatemala Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-11-10 Mylène Coderre
The Global Compact on Migration and International Organizations pay increasing focus to fair migrant labor recruitment. By looking at the temporary migration of Guatemalans to Canada, this paper de...
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Waiting in Motion. Migrants’ Involvement in Civil Society Organizations While Pursuing a Migration Project Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-11-10 Olga Odgers-Ortiz, Olga Lidia Olivas Hernández, Ietza Bojorquez-Chapela
This article discusses how strandedness is produced for asylum seekers and migrants in northern Mexico. We argue that it is fundamental to place these populations’ subjective experiences at the cor...
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Weakening Practices Amidst Progressive Laws: Refugee Governance in Latin America during COVID-19 Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-11-10 Gisela P. Zapata, Luciana Gandini, Marcia Vera Espinoza, Victoria Prieto Rosas
This paper develops a comparative assessment of the state of asylum in Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and Uruguay. It argues that an accelerated weakening of refugee protection, exacerbated during the pand...
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Fraudulent Families? Investigating the Role of Paperwork in the Assessment of Refugees’ Family Reunification in Belgium Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-11-09 Sara De Hertog, Milena Belloni
Current European directives indicate that refugees must be afforded more leniency when certifying the family relationships in family visa applications. However, our research—based on an in-depth th...
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Akle Tayyibe [Tasty Dish]—Cooking Up Belonging in the Syrian Refugee Foodscape in Turkey Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Susan B. Rottmann, Maria Kanal
This article is a study of Syrian women’s food practices in Turkey. Researchers have shown that food matters for belonging, but we need more research examining how migrants use food in memory-work;...
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Internally Displaced Persons’ Experiences and the Predictors of Social Support and Adjustment to Displacement in Northeast Nigeria: A Mixed-Method Study Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-10-30 Christopher Ndubuisi Ngwu, Anthony Obinna Iwuagwu, Nkechi Onah, Fabian Nnadi, Micheal Ebe Kalu, Chinenye Callista Ugwuanyi, Christopher N. Ibenwa
Boko Haram insurgency is a significant problem in Nigeria, leading to the loss of lives and properties and the displacement of hundreds of people. This study explored the internally displaced perso...
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Restrictive North versus Permissive South? Revisiting Dominant Narratives on the Evolution of the Refugee Regime Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-10-13 Frowin Rausis
The evolution of the international refugee regime is ostensibly driven by three ongoing processes: the proliferation of protection frameworks, growing restrictiveness in the Global North, and the l...
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Labor-Market Integration Projects Targeting Refugee Women in Germany: How Organizations With Different Inequality Regimes Negotiate Economic Integration Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-10-08 Johanna Ullmann
In recent years, several European reception countries have made rapid labor-market integration a key part of refugee policy. Little is known about how such services work, how involved actors addres...
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What Do Social Media Users in Host Countries Talk about Refugees?: A Thematic Analysis of Rohingya-Related Online Discourse Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-10-08 Mohammad Harun Or Rashid, Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman
This research analyzes the main topics discussed on social media in Bangladesh surrounding the Rohingya crisis. Employing thematic analysis, we qualitatively analyzed 10,907 Rohingya-related commen...
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Living in Limbo: The Experiences of People Seeking Asylum in Australia Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Kehla Lippi, Lisa Hanna, Hayley McKenzie, Fiona McKay
Over the past two decades, the Australian policy environment has become increasingly focused on deterring asylum seekers. For people who arrived by sea between August 13, 2012 and January 1, 2014 (...
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Rapid Evolution of Refugee Policy in Poland: Russian Invasion of Ukraine as a Focusing Event Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-09-21 Katarzyna Andrejuk
The article uses the concept of a focusing event to shed light on the specificity of the political transformation process in response to an unexpected event. The analysis shows that as a result of ...
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Key Experiences of Volunteers in Refugee Aid Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-07-27 Helen Landmann, Birte Siem, Birgit Fuchs, Anette Rohmann
Abstract To investigate the specific events and processes that contribute to volunteering in refugee aid, we conducted a qualitative study with volunteers in Germany (N = 220). Participants described in their own words critical incidents that motivated them to volunteer. Content analysis revealed contact with refugees (spatial closeness or conversation), contact with non-refugees (volunteers or xenophobic
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Family Functioning and the Psychological Wellbeing of Refugee-Background Youth in Australia Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-07-24 Tahereh Ziaian, Emily Miller, Teresa Puvimanasinghe, Adrian Esterman, Maureen Dollard, Helena de Anstiss
Abstract Experiences of young people from refugee backgrounds in resettlement are impacted by their families, communities, and society. This study investigated factors that affected the psychological wellbeing of refugee-background youth, highlighting the complex relationships between these factors. Quantitative survey data collected from refugee-background youth in Australia, aged 14-26 (n = 556)
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Learning Technology Systems in Everyday Life: Women’s Experiences Navigating Refugee Resettlement in the United States Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-07-21 Negin Dahya, Maria Garrido, Stacey Wedlake, Katya Yefimova, Maleeha Iqbal
Abstract This article presents findings from research on women’s lived experiences with technology in refugee resettlement. Participants include focus group discussions with 22 refugee women and interviews with 26 staff from refugee serving organizations in Washington state. We adopt a feminist socio-technical approach and draw on feminist and transformative methodologies. The research engaged participants
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“The Worst Thing That Could Happen to us but Unfortunately They Have Nowhere to Go”: Colombian students’ Contradictory Views on Venezuelan Migration, Democratic Crisis, and Xenophobia Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-07-19 Michelle J. Bellino, Marcela Ortiz-Guerrero
Abstract In this paper, we explore Colombian secondary students’ views on Venezuelan migration. Despite contradictory feelings on the topic, our findings show the prevalence of (perceived) economic and security threats associated with migrants. Tensions emerged over perceptions that Venezuelan migration has shifted attention from unresolved domestic issues, contributing to nationalist and xenophobic
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Evaluation of Eltern-Aktiv – A Culture-Sensitive Parenting Program for Refugee Families in Germany Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-07-19 Christina Nieder, Gisa Müller-Butzkamm, Joscha Kärtner
Abstract This study reports data on the effectiveness of Eltern-Aktiv, a culture-sensitive parenting program developed for refugee parents. We used a mixed-method approach, namely standardized questionnaire-based interview with refugee parents (Npre = 39, Npost = 21) and qualitative interviews with five trainers. Results indicated the effectiveness of the program for positive parenting behaviors (i
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Differentiated Integration Among the Stateless Rohingya in Bangladesh’s Camps Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-07-18 Mausumi Mahapatro, Hans Gebauer
Abstract This article examines the extent to which integration is differentiated among Rohingya living in the relatively sequestered camps of southeastern Bangladesh. Interviews with multiple stakeholders, including stateless Rohingya, law enforcement, and political leaders collected across 3 years demonstrate divergence among the camp’s residents. Despite the outward appearance of evenness, these
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The Well-Being of Undocumented Migrants in The Netherlands: Learning about Post-Migration Experiences Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-07-17 Tessa Ubels, Sara Kinsbergen, Dirk-Jan Koch, Jochem Tolsma
Abstract In this contribution we will shed light on how individual and social post-migration factors affect the well-being of undocumented migrants. Using retrospective interviews, this study involves undocumented migrants who live in the Netherlands and have received psychosocial support. The stories of these undocumented migrants demonstrate that individual and social post-migration factors (such
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Host Communities and Elderly Refugees in Post-Apartheid South Africa: A Discourse of Conflict and Peaceful Co-Existence Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-07-13 Mohammed Sanusi Yusuf, Ikechukwu Umejesi
Abstract Against current debates that the relationships between the host communities and the displaced elderly community are conflictual and friendly, the paper argues that the host community may either be hostile or warm to the displaced elderly refugees. Against this backdrop, this study examines the relationship between host communities and elderly refugees in post-Apartheid South Africa. A qualitative
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Examining Determinants of Employers’ Attitudes toward Hiring Immigrant Workers: Evidence from an Employer Survey Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-06-11 Tony Fang, Tingting Zhang, John Hartley
Abstract Using a representative survey of 800 small and medium-sized employers across Atlantic Canada, we empirically tested factors associated with employers’ attitudes toward hiring immigrants. Results showed employers who recently hired immigrants reported more positive attitudes, consistent with our theory that deep contact fosters positive perceptions. Employers in New Brunswick reported less-positive
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Responsiveness of Local Politicians to Immigrants Does Not Vary Systematically by Voting Rights Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-06-01 Mike Nicholson, Didier Ruedin
Abstract Are politicians more responsive to foreign citizens if they have the right to vote? To examine this question, we exploit regional variation in voting rights for foreign citizens in Switzerland. Our original audit experiments find no evidence that local politicians are more responsive to foreign citizens depending on whether foreign citizens have the right to vote. Another survey suggests that
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Values Informing Former Refugees’ Good Life Experiences and Endeavors Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-05-15 Mari Kira, Andrea Belgrade, Noor Saleem, Marie Aiudi Pattipati, Fiona Lee
Abstract We explore the role of personal values in the experiences and endeavors of a good life among Hmong and Somali former refugees who have resettled in the United States. Using thematic analysis of semi-structured qualitative interviews, we first identify and examine personal values central to their sense of a good life. With a person-centered analysis, we then highlight patterns showing how different
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The Effect of Bilateral Agreements on Migrant Workers in the Construction Industry in Israel Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-05-13 Yoram Ida, Gal Talit, Assaf Meydani
Abstract This research examines the consequences of bilateral agreements that Israel has signed with different countries. It also examines agreements signed by Israel with foreign construction companies, bypassing employment arrangements established by the Israeli government. The results indicate that the bilateral agreements have succeeded in significantly reducing the brokerage fees. However, it
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Identity Negotiation amongst Pakistani Urban Refugees and Asylum Seekers Living in Bangkok Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-05-04 Amanda Simon, Methawadee Behnjharachajarunandha
Abstract Urban refugee and asylum seeker (URAS) identities are negotiated amidst the complex social and psychological dynamics of internal and external factors. This article explores identity negotiation processes amongst Pakistani urban refugees and asylum seekers (PURAS), living in Bangkok, Thailand. The article presents data from 22 qualitative semi-structured interviews with PURAS, which were transcribed
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Structural and Intercultural Factors to Health Outcomes and Healthcare Access among Migrant Women in Spain and Greece: A Grounded Theory Approach Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-05-02 Stella Evangelidou, Alba Cuxart-Graell, Adil Qureshi, Nikos Gionakis, Nefeli Roumelioti, Samia Samara, Inés Oliveira-Souto, Francisco Collazos, Núria Serre-Delcor
Abstract Migrant women encounter specific health risks and challenges at host countries, as well as unequal access to social and health services. This qualitative study explores the health needs and factors that hamper access to and utilization of healthcare services as reported by migrant women recently arrived (<5 years) in Spain and Greece. Based on four focus-group discussions and seven individual
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How Do Migrants Fare in the Irish Labor Market? Country of Origin, Gender, Asylum and Ethnicity Effects Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-04-26 Ivan Privalko, Frances McGinnity, Sarah Curristan, Shannen Enright
Abstract We use Census microdata for 2016 to investigate migrants’ labor market outcomes in Ireland, a ‘new’ country of immigration. EEA migrants can live and work in Ireland without restriction: for non-EEA migrants, immigration is strictly managed. EEA East European men and women have low unemployment rates but very low rates of professional/managerial employment. Non-EEA migrants tend to have higher
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“How Can I Trust People When They Know Exactly What My Weakness Is?” Daily Life Experiences, and Resilience Strategies of Stateless Afghans in Iran Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-04-18 Hadi Farahani, Maliheh Nekouei Marvi Langari, Laleh Golamrej Eliasi, Mohamed Tavakol, Timo Toikko
Abstract This study aimed to explore the daily life experiences of stateless Afghans in Iran and to describe their resilience strategies that enabled them to manage life deprivations. Using narrative analysis, we interviewed 34 individual stateless Afghans in Iran. Four main themes were identified in their daily life experiences: ignored as nonexistent, second-class Muslims, institutional discrimination
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‘I Couldn’t Figure Out What to Do’: Salvadorean Asylum Seekers Facing the Uncertainties of the 2020 Italian Amnesty Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-04-10 Paola Bonizzoni, Maurizio Artero
Abstract In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic led the Italian government to enact a regularization programme, the first in eight years, which also allowed asylum seekers to switch from a humanitarian to an employment-based status. This study sheds light on how this re-categorization opportunity was concretely experienced by (potential) applicants by examining 21 in-depth interviews with key stakeholders
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“At Least, at the Border, I Am Killing Myself by My Own Will”: Migration Aspirations and Risk Perceptions among Syrian and Afghan Communities Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-04-10 Eda Kiriscioglu, Aysen Ustubici
Abstract It is well-documented that border controls make migration journeys riskier for people on the move. Policymakers construe deaths in migration journeys as resulting from the individual risk-taking attitudes of migrants. However, risks involved in migration journeys are not only related to border control measures. Based on the analysis of 30 semi-structured interviews conducted with Syrian and
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Beyond Social Capital: An Examination of the Sustaining and Expansion of Turkey-based Syrian Refugee Businesspeople’s Business Operations Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-04-05 Ching-An Chang
Abstract This study takes into account the concept of ‘refugee entrepreneurship’ and ‘forms of capital’ to examine how the Turkey-based Syrian refugee businesspeople sustain and expand their businesses based on their pre-emigration nonsocial capital, namely their economic, cultural, and symbolic capital. The data are based on 36 semi-structured and in-depth interviews with Syrian refugee businesspeople
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Anti-Immigrant Attitudes: The Role of Casual Intergroup Contact in Perceived Group Threat Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-04-05 Şule Yaylacı, Onur Bakiner
Abstract Contextual diversity is considered a prime source of perceived threat from immigrants. Contact theory by contrast suggests that diverse contexts decrease threat by offering opportunities for intergroup contact. Empirical evidence largely shows the effect of positive or negative contact while in reality casual contact, i.e., superficial involuntary contact that does not feature close relationships
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Regulatory (Mal)Integration: Its Implications for Migrant Workers’ Ability to Access Employment Rights in Indonesia Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-03-28 Wayne Palmer, Nicola Piper
Abstract This paper discusses the understudied situation of legally-resident migrants and their (in)ability to access employment rights that are otherwise available to Indonesians. In our analysis of the relevant institutional architecture and processes, we approach the issue of integration from a regulatory perspective. We used a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods to examine how migrants
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Re-Envisioning Immigrant Integration: Toward Multidirectional Conceptual Flows Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-03-28 Dalia Abdelhady, Ov Cristian Norocel
Abstract This special issue collects articles, which aim to re-envision integration, dislodging the previously monodirectional conceptual flow sourced in the Global North. Jointly, the articles pursue a critical scholarship contributing to multicentric knowledge production, disrupting binaries of integrated/nonintegrated, inclusion/exclusion, citizen/non-citizen, or indeed self/other. They evidence
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What does Intermarriage Say about Immigrant Integration in Japan? The Maintenance of a National and Gender Hierarchy through Marriage Norms Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-03-28 Kikuko Nagayoshi, Sayaka Osanami Törngren, Hirohisa Takenoshita
Abstract Using 2010 Japanese census data, we critically interrogate the idea of integration through marriage in Japan. Intermarriage has been seen as a result of integration but the patterns of intermarriage and integration might depend on existing intersecting power structures in the receiving society. We explore assortative mating patterns in bi-national marriages in order to understand how citizenship
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Contrasting Trajectories of Incorporation: Refugee Integration and the Global South Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-03-28 Rawan Arar
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
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Making Do as a Migrant in Morocco: Between Formal Recognition and True Integration Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-03-28 Anitta Kynsilehto
Abstract The New Migration Policy developed from September 2013 onwards initiated a new approach to the presence of migrants in Morocco. It began a process that rendered it possible for migrants to attempt to access and maintain a regular migration status and transformed urban landscape in many cities across the country. However, a concrete policy on integration has not advanced. Drawing on long-term
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Of Rags and Riches in the Caribbean: Creolizing Migration Studies Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-03-28 Manuela Boatcă, Fabio Santos
Abstract In this article, we re-connect highly unequal mobilities in the Caribbean that have so far escaped the purview of migration research and challenge dominant understandings of migrant integration: By replacing the methodological Occidentalism shaping the field through a creolized decolonial lens, we show how the precarious position of Haitians in the Greater Caribbean and particularly in French
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The ‘Local Turn’ and Everyday Integration. The Pakistani Middle-Class Migrants in Dubai Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-03-28 Gennaro Errichiello
Abstract Integration refers to socio-economic and cultural incorporation of migrants into a host society, which should adopt measures to encourage their adaptation by taking over its norms and customs. Recently, the ‘local turn’ has entailed studying migration and integration in cities. In this paper, I engage with the Pakistani middle-class migrants’ lives in Dubai. It emerges that they feel integrated
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The Integration of LGBTI Refugees in Brazil: Sexual Democracies in the South, Processes of Racialization and Shared Precarities Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-03-28 Isadora Lins França
Abstract In this article, I focus on the integration practices and discourses regarding “LGBTI refugees” in Brazil, in contrast with the precarity faced by queer immigrants and refugees in the country. I argue that those integration practices and discourses tend to limit “LGBTI refugees” to their sexual and gender identities, in dynamics that overshadow the processes of racialization that they experience
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Continuity and Change in Immigration Regimes: An Institutionalist Analysis of Italian Labor Immigration Regulations 1990–2020 Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-03-13 Camilla Devitt
Abstract This paper applies institutionalist theories to an exploration of continuity and change in the Italian labor immigration regime between 1990 and 2020. It asks why the regime has remained largely unchanged since the 1990s and investigates changes in regulatory settings since 2008. The explanation for the reproduction and inertia of the regime encompasses a logic of appropriateness, institutional
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The Temporalities of Refugee Activism: Mutating Meanings and Visibility While Remembering Resistance and Claiming Place at Oranienplatz Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-03-08 Fazila Bhimji
Abstract This article traces the ways in which a refugee resistance movement reclaimed space, place and time in 2021 and 2022 since it first began its’ protests in 2012 in Berlin. Much scholarship on refugee resistance has focused on episodic moments of refugee protests and membership in the polity and have not recognized the relationship between temporalities and visibility. This study demonstrates
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Caught between Vulnerability and Competence – UNHCR’s Visual Framing of Refugees, Economic Threat Perceptions and Attitudes toward Asylum Seekers in Germany Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-03-08 Nele Kortendiek, Joseph Oertel
Abstract Humanitarian actors often present refugees as vulnerable to mobilize support. Their visual framing, in particular, moves refugees’ helplessness to the center. Critical scholars, however, argue that this representation can have exclusionary effects. In this article, we outline a research agenda to examine this claim empirically and provide initial results testing it. Based on a survey experiment
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“Labor Migrants”, “High-Skilled Migrants”, “Students”, “Refugees”, “French Citizens”? Migrants’ Narratives and Experiences of Categorization in a Biographical and Historical Perspective Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-02-09 Elise Pape, Anja Bartel
Abstract This article explores categorizations of migration from a biographical and historical perspective. By comparing biographical narratives of migrants who arrived in France during two historical periods: in the 1960s-1970s (in the context of labor migration) and in the 2010s (in the context of student, high-skilled and refugee migration), it analyzes the impact of categorizations on migrants’
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Gender Gaps in Immigrants’ Political Participation within and across Borders: Political Socialization or Opportunity Structures? Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (IF 2.087) Pub Date : 2023-01-16 Antoine Bilodeau, Colin Scott
Abstract This study assesses gender gaps in political participation within the host country and in transnational activities among immigrants, using a survey of more than 1000 immigrants in Quebec (Canada). More specifically, the study examines whether premigration experiences with gender equality shapes immigrants’ political participation. We find no evidence of gender gaps in political activities