The Circulation of Afghan Migrants From Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran Area to Europe: A Transfer of Migration Skills

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Azita Bathaie
Keyword(s):  
Afghan Migrants

scholarly journals Impact of Postmigration Living Difficulties on the Mental Health of Afghan Migrants Residing in Istanbul

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qais Alemi ◽  
Carl Stempel ◽  
Kelly Baek ◽  
Lisa Lares ◽  
Patricia Villa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Idioms Of Distress ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
Legal Challenges ◽  
Culturally Sensitive Interventions ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Afghan Migrants

Background. The sociopolitical situation in Afghanistan continually pushes Afghans to seek safety and better socioeconomic prospects in neighboring and foreign countries. In this paper we examine the mental health of Afghan migrants residing in Istanbul, Turkey, an understudied population at high risk of psychopathology. Methods. We surveyed 158 Afghan migrants to assess psychological distress using a culturally grounded measure of mental health, the Afghan Symptom Checklist [ASCL], and used hierarchical regression analysis to examine the impact of postmigration living difficulties (PMLDs) on mental health. Results. We found that depressive, somatoform, anxiety-like symptoms occurred often, as did a number of culturally salient idioms of distress. Regression analyses showed that while socioeconomic variables and poor physical health status significantly predicted psychological distress, PMLDs exerted the strongest negative effect. The most pressing PMLDs for Afghans in Turkey are poverty, unemployment, lack of treatment for health problems, fears of being deported and related legal challenges, and family-related stressors. Conclusion. Our results point to the importance of the critical need to create culturally sensitive interventions to remediate high levels of psychological distress by addressing related PMLD stressors in a highly vulnerable Afghan migrant population residing in Turkey.

The relationship between perceived causes of depression and desire for social distance in Farsi-speaking migrants and refugees from Iran and Afghanistan living in Germany

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 201-223
Author(s):  
Mahan Mobashery ◽  
Ulrike von Lersner ◽  
Kerem Böge ◽  
Lukas Fuchs ◽  
Georg Schomerus ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Distance ◽  
Causal Attribution ◽  
Belief Systems ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Migrant Groups ◽  
Afghan Migrants

Purpose An increasing number of migrants and refugees seeking asylum in Germany is challenging psychiatrists and psychotherapists in multiple ways. Different cultural belief systems on the causes of mental illness and their treatment have to be taken into consideration. The purpose of this study is to explore perceived causes of depression among Farsi-speaking migrants and refugees from Afghanistan and Iran, which represent two groups with a shared cultural heritage, but originating from very different regimes of mobility. Both are among the largest migrant groups coming to Germany over the past decade. Design/methodology/approach In total, 50 Iranian and 50 Afghan migrants and refugees, who arrived in Germany in the past 10 years were interviewed, using an unlabeled vignette presenting signs and symptoms of depression. The answers were then coded through inductive content analysis. Findings Among Iranians, there was a more significant number of causal attribution to Western psychiatric concepts, whereas Afghans attributed depression more often to the experience of being a refugee without referring to psychological concepts. These differences in attribution did, however, not affect the desire for a social distance toward depressed people. Nonetheless, a higher number of years spent in Germany was associated with less desire for social distance toward persons with depression among Afghans, but not among Iranians. Originality/value To the best of the knowledge, this is the first study examining perceived causes of depression with Farsi-speaking migrants in Germany and contributes to understanding tendencies in the perception of depression in non-Western migrant groups.

Emotional Coldness: Migrant’s Emotions Toward Host Community Based on Afghan Migrants Narratives Settled in Mashhad

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-29
Author(s):  
Amena Akhlaqi ◽  
Ali Yousofi ◽  
Gholamreza Sedigh Ouraee ◽  
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◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Host Community ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Afghan Migrants

scholarly journals Corrigendum to “Impact of Postmigration Living Difficulties on the Mental Health of Afghan Migrants Residing in Istanbul”

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
Qais Alemi ◽  
Carl Stempel ◽  
Kelly Baek ◽  
Lisa Lares ◽  
Patricia Villa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Afghan Migrants

In Search of Asylum: Afghan Migrants in Greece

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angeliki Dimitriadi
Keyword(s):  
Management System ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Migration Management ◽  
Afghan Migrants

Since 2012, Greece has undergone a significant restructuring of its migration management system, focusing on curbing irregular migratory flows and boosting its asylum services. Migrants of Afghan origin are one of the main groups on the receiving end of these policies. The second highest nationality in irregular arrivals in Greece in the last five years, Afghans were termed ‘transit migrants’ from early on. This paper looks at Afghan migration to Greece and specifically the issue of asylum, both how it is understood and access to it. The study examines how Afghans perceive asylum and their chosen destinations, as well as how they responded to the policies in place in Greece during the period 2012–2014. The paper takes particular note of the policies of systematic detention and how it impacted access to asylum and returns, drawing from qualitative interviews and fieldwork in the framework of the irma project.

Afghan Migrants in Tehran

2020 ◽  
pp. 103-132
Author(s):  
Pooya Alaedini
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Policy Goal ◽  
United Nations High Commissioner ◽  
Afghan Refugees ◽  
High Commissioner ◽  
Forced Migrations ◽  
Iranian Government ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Afghan Migrants

Persistent upheavals in Afghanistan since 1978 have resulted in the exodus of a large number of its citizens, with neighboring Iran and Pakistan becoming host to most of these forced migrations. According to Iran’s census figures, there were 1,452,513 documented Afghans living in the country in 2011. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has given a figure of 951,142 for documented Afghan refugees in Iran as of May 2015. In addition to this, UNHCR also reported 620,000 Afghan visa holders and from 1.5 to 2 million undocumented Afghans. The Iranian government has emphasized repatriation as a policy goal vis-à-vis Afghan migrants and has carried out voluntary return initiatives with the assistance of international organizations. However, the voluntary return of 902,000 Afghans from Iran between 2002 and 2012 appears to have been offset by fresh migration that has maintained their overall population in the country.

scholarly journals Afghan Migrants in Iran

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Modrzejewska-Leśniewska
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Economic Collapse ◽  
Afghan Migrants ◽  
At Home

For many decades Iran was a goal of economic emigration for Afghans. They could earn there a money to provide for their families at home. Since the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan in 1979 Iran also became a place of refuge for some 3 million Afghans. Their situation was changing according to the changes in internal and international position of Iran. Sometimes the Iranian authorities were sympathetic, other time were fiercely unsympathetic and keen to remove the Afghan “guests”. So, the Afghans in Iran could not be sure how long they would be allowed to stay there if the Iranians would be willing to support them and if they would have a work to provide for their families. This state of uncertainty of the Afghan community there was worsened by an outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Bothe the Iranian and Afghan health care are unable to effectively deal with the problem. And an economic collapse in Iran affected primarily the foreigners there of whatever stance, in this particular case the Afghans.

Dimensions of agency in transnational relations of Afghan migrants and return migrants

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolin Fischer ◽  
Marieke van Houte
Keyword(s):  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Transnational Relations ◽  
Return Migrants ◽  
Qualitative Case Studies ◽  
Political Conditions ◽  
Nuanced Understanding ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Transnational Engagement ◽  
Affective Relations ◽  
Afghan Migrants

Abstract This article examines agency unfolding in the relationships that Afghan migrants and return migrants maintain with Afghanistan. Based on qualitative case studies of Afghan diaspora groups in Germany and the UK and Afghan return migrants in Kabul, we focus on how people engage with and position themselves in relation to Afghanistan. Drawing on Emirbayer and Mische’s tri-dimensional concept of agency in combination with Vigh’s idea of social navigation, we approach affective relations and forms of practical (transnational) engagement as expressions of agency. Research on migrants and return migrants is seldom brought together. However, exploring the types of engagement of these two groups with Afghanistan is telling for three reasons. First, it enables us to identify parallels and differences in the way Afghan migrants and return migrants relate to Afghanistan. Secondly, we uncover how ideas of change vary in different settings and under different socio-political conditions. Thirdly, we demonstrate that ties between people and place are not innate but an expression of agency and self-positioning. These in turn are contingent on individual characteristics and the context in which people are embedded. Compared to policy-oriented discussions on the migration-development nexus and on forms and outcomes of migrant engagements, our study yields a more nuanced understanding of entanglements between agency and engagement among Afghan migrants and return migrants.

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