How political migrants' networks differ from those of economic migrants: ‘strategic anonymity’ among Iraqi refugees in Jordan

Arar, Rawan

doi:10.1080/1369183x.2015.1065716

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“…Refugees from Iraq also reported greater numbers of social ties. 4 This is perhaps a counterintuitive finding but may point to stressors associated with forming social relationships and pressures for strategic anonymity that are specific to Iraqi participants and their refugee experience (Arar 2016). It may also suggest differences in the dark side of social capital (Villalonga-Olives and Kawachi 2017) between refugee subgroups.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Once resettled, there are many challenges with forming new social ties (Lamba and Kahn 2003;Veling, Hall, and Joose 2013;Wachter and Gulbas 2018), despite theoretical benefits of social relationships for refugees (Gary and Rubin 2014). Although social capital can be obtained through social networks, refugees may have good reason for caution and may practice "strategic anonymity" (intentionally not connecting with certain people from their home country in order to protect themselves from possible persecution or retribution), which suggests social constraints limiting the formation of new social ties (Arar 2016).…”

Section: Current Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Kinship, Friendship, and Service Provider Social Ties and How They Influence Well-Being among Newly Resettled Refugees

Greene

2019

Socius

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As refugees move from forced displacement to resettlement, their networks change dramatically alongside their living conditions and surroundings. The relative benefit of different kinds of ties in this context is not well known. Data for this study came from quantitative and qualitative interviews that were part of the Refugee Well-Being Project (N = 290), a longitudinal randomized controlled trial study inclusive of refugees resettling from the Great Lakes region of Africa, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria. Quantitative results revealed that greater numbers of kinship ties were related to better psychological quality of life (p < .01) and greater numbers of reported services providers as social ties were related to higher emotional distress (p < .001). Greater numbers of friendship ties were not statistically related to psychological quality of life or emotional distress. Qualitative findings suggest that cultural brokers-social ties that can bridge cultures, languages, and backgrounds-were particularly important to well-being, blending the benefits of strong and weak ties.

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Section: Current Contextmentioning

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Kinship, Friendship, and Service Provider Social Ties and How They Influence Well-Being among Newly Resettled Refugees

Greene

2019

Socius

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“…Displacement and migration often begin with persecution and violence (FitzGerald and Arar 2018) and are fraught with premigration and postmigration trauma and stress (O'Donnell, Stuart, and O'Donnell 2020). These experiences also correspond with changes in connections and levels of trust-across people, systems, and resources (Arar 2016;Lamba and Krahn 2003). Accordingly, societal forces and experiences converge and influence the health and well-being of refugees-extending throughout and long after resettlement (Hynie 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

Expanding Social Network Conceptualization, Measurement, and Theory: Lessons from Transnational Refugee Populations

Greene

Hess

Soller

et al. 2023

Journal of Applied Social Science

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With forcible displacement at unprecedented levels and only expected to increase as conflict, economic inequities, and climate change escalate, it is critical to understand the ways in which social networks of migrants are disrupted and reconstituted in new contexts. This requires critical examination and expansion of existing social network conceptualization, measurement, and theory that considers transnational movement and experiences to ensure cultural and contextual validity. As part of a community-engaged intervention study designed to promote the well-being of recently resettled refugees by addressing social determinants of mental health, the social networks of refugees were measured over time. This paper describes the conceptualization, operationalization, data collection, and data analysis of refugees’ social networks; challenges and lessons learned; and implications for transdisciplinary social network theory and methodologies. Tracing the development of quantitative and qualitative instruments and participatory processes of iteratively refining them throughout implementation with four cohorts of refugees (2013–2017; N = 290) resettling in a medium-sized city in the Southwestern United States, we offer innovative ways of viewing social networks that expand conceptualization, improve measurement, and extend theory. Our findings address known challenges to social network data collection (e.g., instrument bias, participant recall bias, and interviewer capacity) and suggest how social networks data collection can be strengthened through approaches that include (1) community members as collaborative researchers, (2) transdisciplinary theoretical and methodological perspectives, and (3) team-based practices that share leadership, learning experiences, and responsibility for data analysis, interpretation, and dissemination.

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“…Some may be too poor to access the Internet or keep a cellphone connected regularly, which impedes initiating and maintaining contact with them (Jauhiainen, Özçürümez and Tursun 2021). Others may be mistrusting of strangers or socially isolated, particularly if they did not arrive in Costa Rica through social network connections (Turner 1995; Arar 2016; Greene 2019). Third, even when MNP can be reached, they can be difficult to follow over time because their liminal legality and low economic status exacerbate their risk of eviction, homelessness, and housing instability (Kissoon 2010).…”

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Costa Rica as a Destination for Migrants in Need of International Protection: IMR Country Report

Weitzman¹,

Camacho²,

Robles

et al. 2022

International Migration Review

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In this IMR Country Report, we draw attention to Costa Rica as a strategic location for expanding research and theory on migrants in need of protection (MNP), who have migrated abroad primarily to evade an imminent threat to their survival. MNP constitute an increasing share of all international migrants in Costa Rica and worldwide, yet research on these migrants and their migration dynamics remains comparatively underdeveloped relative to research on migrants who relocate abroad primarily in pursuit of material gains, social status, or family reunification. As we highlight, Costa Rica is an instrumental site to deepen understandings of MNP populations and migration dynamics because its large and rapidly growing MNP population is incredibly diverse with respect to national origins, demographic characteristics, and underlying motivations for migration. This diversity presents ample opportunities to better understand heterogeneity in the different types of threats MNP seek to evade; how and why MNP incorporation is shaped by individuals’ demographic attributes and pre-migration threats; and how the social networks of various MNP subpopulations develop and overlap with time. Moreover, the geographic concentration of MNP in two regions in Costa Rica lends itself to primary data collection among this population and generates opportunities for estimating local MNPs’ demographic characterization, even in the absence of a reliable sampling frame.

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How political migrants' networks differ from those of economic migrants: ‘strategic anonymity’ among Iraqi refugees in Jordan

Cited by 64 publications

References 26 publications

Kinship, Friendship, and Service Provider Social Ties and How They Influence Well-Being among Newly Resettled Refugees

Kinship, Friendship, and Service Provider Social Ties and How They Influence Well-Being among Newly Resettled Refugees

Expanding Social Network Conceptualization, Measurement, and Theory: Lessons from Transnational Refugee Populations

Costa Rica as a Destination for Migrants in Need of International Protection: IMR Country Report

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