Somalis in the Twin Cities and Columbus : Immigrant Incorporation in New Destinations

Chambers, Stefanie

doi:10.26530/oapen_627000

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“…They often do not choose the country that offers them resettlement, which curbs family reunification-a key channel for immigrant mobility and community creation (Bloemraad 2006;FitzGerald and Arar 2018). A robust literature has focused on the integration of refugees from Cuba (Eckstein 2009), the former Soviet Union (Gold 1992), Vietnam (Zhou and Bankston 1998), Cambodia and Laos (Hein 2006;Tang 2015), Nepal (Gurung 2015), Somalia (Besteman 2016;Chambers 2017;Voyer 2013), Syria (Gowayed 2019), and Liberia (Ludwig 2019).…”

Section: How Premigration Characteristics Mattermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Somali refugees began resettling in the United States following the ouster of Mohamed Siad Barre in the 1990s (Chambers 2017;Golden, Garad, and Boyle 2011). From 2010 to 2016, about nine thousand Somali refugees arrived each year.…”

Section: Somalismentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Minnesota is the destination for a considerable secondary Somali migration flow from other states and from Toronto, Canada (Horst 2006). The Twin Cities boast the largest Somali populations, especially within St. Paul and Minneapolis (Chambers 2017;Waters 2013). Detailed data on Somalis are not available at the city level.…”

Section: Somalismentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Detailed data on Somalis are not available at the city level. However, East Africans 2 -a census category that includes Somalis-accounted for 23.5 percent of the immigrant population in Minneapolis and 15.9 percent in St. Paul from 2009 to 2013 (Chambers 2017). They are also the largest and second largest ethnic group in these cities, respectively.…”

Section: Somalismentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This support can include cash assistance, medical care, language and employment trainings (Capps et al 2015). Overall, integration policies for refugees aim to move them toward self-sufficiency and nonreliance on governmental assistance as soon as possible (Chambers 2017;Portes and Rumbaut 2014). At the same time, the limited assistance often hinders their socioeconomic integration and financial independence.…”

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Lara-García

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Section: How Premigration Characteristics Mattermentioning

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Section: Somalismentioning

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Negative perceived context of reception and sociocultural resources on mental health among Hispanic and Somali adolescents

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Areba

Forster

2023

American J of Comm Psychol

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Although immigrant negative perceived context of reception (PCOR), perceptions of the opportunities and degree of acceptance in an immigrant‐receiving community, has been linked with compromised adolescent well‐being, receiving contexts may differ by region and for youth from different ethnic backgrounds. The current study examines how negative PCOR and factors that promote resilience differentially shape mental health among Hispanic and Somali adolescents in Minnesota. Hispanic (n = 163) and Somali (n = 186) first‐ and second‐generation youth aged 12–19 completed a survey on negative PCOR, assets and resources (i.e., ethnic identity, social support, religious participation), and mental well‐being (i.e., anxiety and depressive symptoms). Parents and caregivers also completed a survey on PCOR and social support. Adolescent negative PCOR, relative to parent/caregiver negative PCOR, was associated with higher adolescent anxiety and depressive symptoms. Religious participation and social support, reported by both parent/caregiver and adolescent, was associated with lower anxiety and depressive symptoms. Additionally, among Hispanic adolescents, social support buffered the effects of negative PCOR on depressive symptoms. Conversely, strong ethnic identity was associated with higher depressive symptoms for both groups, suggesting acculturative and assimilative pressures play an important role in adolescent mental health. Although social ties can be weakened postmigration, our results indicate that social and religious resources remain beneficial. Given that by the end of the next decade over 50% of the US youth population will identify as part of a racial or ethnic minority group, positive postimmigration adaptation is a critical public health concern.

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Somalis in America’s Heartland: Columbus, Ohio

Chambers

2018

The Contexts of Diaspora Citizenship

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Somalis in the Twin Cities and Columbus : Immigrant Incorporation in New Destinations

Cited by 14 publications

References 17 publications

A New Beginning: Early Refugee Integration in the United States

A New Beginning: Early Refugee Integration in the United States

Negative perceived context of reception and sociocultural resources on mental health among Hispanic and Somali adolescents

Somalis in America’s Heartland: Columbus, Ohio

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