Refugee Integration: Emerging Trends and Remaining Agendas

Strang, Alison; Ager, Alastair

doi:10.1093/jrs/feq046

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“…While citizenship (in its broad sense) is identified by Strang and Ager (2010) as foundational for refugee integration (see also Stewart and Mulvey 2014;Bloch 2000), the nature of the relationship between formal state citizenship and integration remains unclear (Ersanilli and Koopmans 2010). Formal citizenship can coincide with day-to-day exclusion from power and resources among marginalised refugee-background populations (Barnes 2001), and processes of integration can occur long after formal state citizenship has been accorded to former refugees (Koska 2015).…”

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Mobility and security: the perceived benefits of citizenship for resettled young people from refugee backgrounds

Nunn

McMichael

Gifford

et al. 2015

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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Mobility and security: the perceived benefits of citizenship for resettled young people from refugee backgrounds

Nunn

McMichael

Gifford

et al. 2015

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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“…This suggests that government policies have had a detrimental impact on the ability of asylum seekers who arrived from 2007 to access employment. Integration can be understood as a two way process where both the host country as well as refugees have responsibilities (Phillimore & Goodson 2006;Strang & Ager 2010). This means that governments need to enact policies to facilitate rather than impede the ability of people from a refugee background to resettle in the host country, including the provision of services and supports that enable access to employment (Correa-Velez, Barnett and Gifford 2015; Da Lomba 2010).…”

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People Seeking Asylum in Australia and their Access to Employment: Just What Do We Know?

2016

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Public and political claims about the employment of people from a refugee background in Australia do not always reflect the research findings in this area. For example, recent claims by a senior Coalition Government Minister about people seeking asylum who arrived to Australia by boat during the previous Labor Government's terms in office posit that many have limited employment prospects. However, given there is little research or government reporting on the experiences of asylum seekers who arrived during this time, and none that focuses specifically on their employment, there is no evidence to support this. A review of research on the employment experiences of people from a refugee background, and Australian policies, suggests a more nuanced picture. This includes research that found while initially people from a refugee background are more likely to be unemployed, have temporary jobs and lower incomes than other newly arrived immigrants, over the longer term second-generation refugees have higher levels of labour market participation than the general population and refugees and their families make significant economic and community contributions to Australia. Research also highlights that refugees may experience a range of barriers to accessing employment, including discrimination, and a review of Australian policies indicates these are likely to have exacerbated some of these barriers for asylum seekers who arrived to Australia by boat. In addition, given previous findings that public attitudes can be influenced by representations made in public and political discourses, the public statements of senior Ministers may be further deepening barriers to accessing employment faced by asylum seekers who arrived by boat.

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“…As is the case for many refugees (Strang and Ager, 2010), Samir's family was separated for many years -developing bonded relationships are likely to be of paramount importance. It is not uncommon for refugee women, many of whom are sole parents, to become the head of their family in the absence of their husband (Lenette et al, 2012), and to carry responsibility for ensuring the emotional, social and physical wellbeing of the family.…”

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“…Research suggests that strong bonding capital, especially during resettlement periods provides support, confidence and self-esteem and assists refugees manage the difficulties they face in resettling and adjusting to an unfamiliar environment (McDonald et al, 2008;Strang and Ager, 2010). Acquiring bonding capital through close family and community networks may enable individuals to develop the confidence to extend their networks beyond those that are familiar to them, and may, ultimately, enable them to acquire bridging capital.…”

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Sudanese young people building capital in rural Australia: the role of mothers and community

Santoro¹,

Wilkinson

2015

Ethnography and Education

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This version is available at https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/54047/ Strathprints is designed to allow users to access the research output of the University of Strathclyde. Unless otherwise explicitly stated on the manuscript, Copyright © and Moral Rights for the papers on this site are retained by the individual authors and/or other copyright owners. Please check the manuscript for details of any other licences that may have been applied. You may not engage in further distribution of the material for any profitmaking activities or any commercial gain. You may freely distribute both the url (https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/) and the content of this paper for research or private study, educational, or not-for-profit purposes without prior permission or charge.Any correspondence concerning this service should be sent to the This article draws on an ethnographic study that consisted of in-depth case studies of eight Sudanese young people of refugee background living in rural Australia. Prompted by concern over deficit views of young refugees that pervade educational literature, we aimed to understand what facilitates their successful resettlement into Australian rural communities. We were particularly interested in understanding the strengths, resources and capital they draw upon and generate through their participation in out-of-school social and learning contexts, as well as within family and community networks. Here, we focus on one of the study's participants, Samir. We highlight how his mother was instrumental in providing a safe and secure home environment where significant bonding capital was generated, as well as how she facilitated her son's participation in community and ethnic networks, thus enabling him to acquire bridging and linking social capital. We conclude by discussing the implications for schools and for research.

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Refugee Integration: Emerging Trends and Remaining Agendas

Cited by 317 publications

References 12 publications

Mobility and security: the perceived benefits of citizenship for resettled young people from refugee backgrounds

Mobility and security: the perceived benefits of citizenship for resettled young people from refugee backgrounds

People Seeking Asylum in Australia and their Access to Employment: Just What Do We Know?

Sudanese young people building capital in rural Australia: the role of mothers and community

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