Perceptions of Social Support and Future Expectations among Young Adult Syrian Immigrants

Abstract

This study discuss the perceived social support, future expectations and the problems experienced before, during, and after forced immigration by young and adult Syrian immigrants who arrived in Turkey to seek temporary protection status due to the civil conflicts. The study was designed as qualitative inquiry and was implemented by applying the semi structured questionnaire with ten people through the face to face interviews. In terms of result of the study, it was determined that leaved their education before immigration, losed of family members, forced to leave their country, psychological problems during the immigration and had some problems like financial difficulties, adaptation problem, unemployment, feeling alienated, language problems after the immigration. It was observed that syrian young immigrants don't see Turkish public and the services given Syrian under the temporary protection as a social support mechanism however the open door policy applied by Turkey is a sufficient for them. Young Syrian immigrants see their Syrian acquaintances and relatives as a social support system and they mostly state that they have positive thoughts about future due to religious and cultural values.

A door opening from Syria to Turkey; migration and the process of social acceptance and accommodation: Hatay and Karabuk provinces

“…Problems associated with working life can reduce buying power and the standard of living. Syrian refugees generally report that house rents are very high, resulting in multiple families living together in poor living conditions, which further supports the findings of this study (Akar and Erdoğdu, 2019;Cifci et al, 2016;Genc and Özdemirkıran, 2015;Yıldız and Uzgören, 2016). Large differences between the living conditions of refugees and local populations can have negative effects on the accommodation process.…”

“…Although most of the refugees included in this study, in both provinces, reported working, approximately half of those in Hatay stated that they experienced economic problems. In this study and the literature, the economic lives of Syrian refugees have been found to be significantly affected, with many reporting relatively good economic conditions before the war but suffering great losses as a result of the war, with significant declines in income levels (Cifci et al, 2016). Related departments in Turkey have offered opportunities to improve the working lives and economic conditions of Syrian refugees, including that ability to apply for permission to work in various sectors, such as health, food, industry, agriculture, energy, buildings and transportation; workplaces, such as bakeries, forestry, mining, security and education; and in different geographic 2014).…”

“…Therefore, the strongest aspects of refugee families should be discovered through social work interventions for refugees in Turkey and abroad, and their working conditions should be improved with new policies. Among the factors that can have large effects on living conditions after the war and the reasons why refugees choose to migrate to Turkey, a few include the following: they view Turkey as a safe place, they have relatives in Turkey, the country is close to Syria, many opportunities are presented to refugees, and the local community has a similar culture (Cifci et al, 2016;Yıldız and Uzgören, 2016). In addition, the similarities between the two countries make social acceptance and the accommodation process easier.…”