Immigrant Identity, Social Adaptation and Post-Secular Society in Europe

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“…Through tracking movements surrounding the space, I observed the transformation of space into a place for resting and socialization for the Czech Vietnamese community members in Sapa. This deliberate construction of social and physical areas is necessary to be looked at, especially when studying immigrant communities as these sites function as spaces of identity formation and heritage maintenance (Hall 2004;Li 2005;Meciar 2014).…”

The article is dedicated to analyzing and systematization of political perception of immigration processes in the countries of the Visegrad group. It is argued that the positions of parties and voters regarding immigration in the countries of the Visegrad group are essentially ideologically structured. The author found that the region enjoys different approaches to understanding national issues and immigration processes, but traditionally revolves around the nationalist, liberal, exceptional, national-cons

“…Such logics is supplemented (in particular in Poland) by the role and place of church referring to immigration issues, because religion is opposed to the tendency of ethnical minorities and immigrants 16 Sjöberg U., Rydin I., Discourses on media portrayals of immigrants and the homeland, Presented at ECREA' s 2nd European Communication Conference, November 25-28, 2008, Barcelona. 17 Sletaune I., Anti-immigration parties in the European Parliament, Wyd. University of Oslo 2013.…”