(Im)mobilities, waiting and professional aspirations: The career lives of highly skilled Syrian refugees in Switzerland

Cangià, Flavia; Davoine, Éric; Tashtish, Sima

doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2021.06.015

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“…The next sections analyse the governance of labour market integration for highly skilled refugees during five “steps” in the professional re‐entry trajectory: the asylum‐seeking period, the introduction programme (personal introduction plan, language training, and labour market preparation initiatives and mentoring programmes), and continuing education. These “steps”, however, are rarely linear and chronological (Cangià et al., 2021). Each section shortly explains the organization of a labour market integration effort, followed by an analysis of existing governance gaps.…”

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Unpacking “the system”: Multi‐level governance gaps in the labour market integration of highly skilled refugees

van Riemsdijk

2024

International Migration

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A plethora of government‐ and non‐government actors are involved in the labour market integration of highly skilled refugees, forming a complex “system” that is difficult to navigate for integration actors and refugees. Based on interviews with 32 labour market integration actors in Sweden, this article examines multi‐level governance gaps in the wake of the simultaneous centralization and decentralization of labour market preparation services. It examines various “steps” in the labour market integration process to gain a more holistic perspective of “the system”, and identifies governance gaps in each step. The article finds that the devolution of services has opened up participatory spaces for non‐government actors, but narrowly defined mandates and short‐term funding mechanisms hamper cooperation within and between territorial levels of policy implementation.

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Section: Results and Discussion: Unpacking “The System”mentioning

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Unpacking “the system”: Multi‐level governance gaps in the labour market integration of highly skilled refugees

van Riemsdijk

2024

International Migration

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“…We propose that focusing on the experiences of highly skilled refugees challenges monolithic and stereotyping representations about the refugee with no career aspirations (Tuzi, 2019). Refugees can indeed have career aspirations and expectations that dissonate from the surrounding society's perception about refugees' trajectories (Cangià et al, 2021).…”

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“…Forced migration can lead to major changes in a person's career trajectory, with subsequent social and professional downward mobility, unemployment and status loss (Eggenhofer-Rehart et al, 2018;Jansen, 2008;Senthanar et al, 2020). While increasingly research now explores the lives of highly skilled refugees (Bygnes, 2021;Cangià et al, 2021;Mozetič, 2018;Sontag, 2018), there is still relatively little knowledge about refugees' experiences of gender in the making of career trajectories (Kofman, 2019). However, gender plays a major role in shaping the labour market adaptation of refugees (Kirk, 2010;Miletic, 2014;Pessar, 2005).…”

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Gender and the career trajectories of highly skilled Syrian refugees in Switzerland

2022

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This article looks at the role of gender relations and norms in the (re)making of career trajectories of highly skilled Syrian refugees in Switzerland. We explore how refugees encounter gender regimes while making sense of their present work situation vis-à-vis their career plans. We draw upon a qualitative study conducted with 27 highly skilled Syrian refugees in Switzerland. How do refugees encounter different gender regimes in Switzerland? What is the significance of gender in their transition to a new labour market? How do they re-negotiate gender meanings and roles following the displacement? Our findings show that refugees (re)make sense of gender norms, roles and meanings across space and time vis-à-vis their career trajectories. The gender regimes these people refer to are highly diversified and shape people’s negotiation of family roles and identities in complex and at times ambivalent ways, also along multiple lines of belonging.

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“…For the fi rst study, interviews were conducted with 30 "expat" families of various nationalities, including the working person, the children, and the accompanying partners (Cangià 2018;Cangià, Zittoun, and Levitan 2019;Levitan 2019). For the second study, interviews were conducted with 27 highly skilled refugees from Syria (Cangià, Davoine, and Tashtish 2021). In both studies, the interviews followed a semi-structured grid (Roulston and Choi 2018) and enabled respondents to take the time to narrate their experiences and propose other topics.…”

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Immobile subjectivities

Cangià¹

2023

Migration and Society

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This article puts forward the concept of immobile subjectivities to understand the ambivalence marking the condition of existential immobility in migration. I look at the experiences of two migrant women in Switzerland—a refugee and the partner of a mobile professional—who each face the predicaments of mobility and yet continue to aspire to a career in the face of uncertain and unstable work. The trajectories of migrants who, like these two women, are confronted with disruption in their professional lives converge in the effort of navigating the codes of mobility and personal career aspirations. By focusing on these trajectories, the article aims to challenge the distinction between migrant categories and advance our understanding of immobility as an increasingly human condition.

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(Im)mobilities, waiting and professional aspirations: The career lives of highly skilled Syrian refugees in Switzerland

Cited by 8 publications

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Unpacking “the system”: Multi‐level governance gaps in the labour market integration of highly skilled refugees

Unpacking “the system”: Multi‐level governance gaps in the labour market integration of highly skilled refugees

Gender and the career trajectories of highly skilled Syrian refugees in Switzerland

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