scholarly journals Law in the Process of Social Integration of Immigrants

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 353-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgi Mihaylov
Keyword(s):  
Social Integration ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Host Country ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Individual Rights ◽  
Social Tension ◽  
Positive Law ◽  
Integration Of Immigrants

Abstract The article explores the problem of social integration of immigrants from Asia and Africa, arriving in European countries. Emphasis is placed on cultural differences between the existing society and immigrants that create social tension and conflicts. The solution to the problem should be seen in the implementation of positive law, which is applied in the host country. The main arguments in support of this opinion are the fundamental individual rights and the principle: first in time is first in right.

scholarly journals Catalyst or Crown: Does Naturalization Promote the Long-Term Social Integration of Immigrants?

2017 ◽  
Vol 111 (2) ◽  
pp. 256-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
JENS HAINMUELLER ◽  
DOMINIK HANGARTNER ◽  
GIUSEPPE PIETRANTUONO
Keyword(s):  
Social Integration ◽  
Host Country ◽  
Causal Effect ◽  
Random Assignment ◽  
Integration Process ◽  
Policy Paradigm ◽  
The Social ◽  
Integration Of Immigrants ◽  
The Impact

We study the impact of naturalization on the long-term social integration of immigrants into the host country society. Despite ongoing debates about citizenship policy, we lack reliable evidence that isolates the causal effect of naturalization from the nonrandom selection into naturalization. We exploit the quasi-random assignment of citizenship in Swiss municipalities that used referendums to decide on naturalization applications of immigrants. Comparing otherwise similar immigrants who narrowly won or lost their naturalization referendums, we find that receiving Swiss citizenship strongly improved long-term social integration. We also find that the integration returns to naturalization are larger for more marginalized immigrant groups and when naturalization occurs earlier, rather than later in the residency period. Overall, our findings support the policy paradigm arguing that naturalization is a catalyst for improving the social integration of immigrants rather than merely the crown on the completed integration process.

Post-migration labor market: prejudice and the role of host country education

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-55
Author(s):  
Olga Stangej ◽  
Inga Minelgaite ◽  
Kari Kristinsson ◽  
Margret Sigrun Sigurdardottir
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Social Integration ◽  
Host Country ◽  
Small Sample Size ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Host Countries ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Diverse Workforce ◽  
Integration Of Immigrants ◽  
Workforce Composition

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how prejudice in a post-migration labor market can be mitigated, specifically, whether education received in the host country can serve as a signal of social integration for immigrant workers in employment settings. Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted an audit discrimination study, using an experimental setup to examine the interplay between prejudice and education as a signal of the social integration of immigrants in employment settings. Findings The results of the study indicate that signals of social integration, such as, qualifications acquired in the host country through education, counter prejudice against Polish immigrants in Iceland. Research limitations/implications The study provides evidence that immigrants are subjected to prejudice that can restrain their employment opportunities. The acquisition of education in the host country can mitigate this effect, but also diminishes the line between social integration and assimilation. However, the study is limited by a relatively small sample size and a single-country context. Practical implications The study offers insights for both countries and organizations worldwide that are facing the need to successfully embrace a mobile workforce and the challenge of a diverse workforce composition. Originality/value The study addresses the under-researched effects of education on human capital transferability in the host labor market. More specifically, it uncovers that the differentiation between education acquired in the home country and education acquired in the host country is a signal that can mitigate prejudice and its effects on the employment of immigrants in the host countries.

28.M. Workshop: Mental ill-health and social exclusion among refugee minors/youth resettling in European countries

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
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Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Social Integration ◽  
Host Country ◽  
Intervention Studies ◽  
Common Mental Disorders ◽  
Stress Disorders ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Refugee Minors

Abstract Globally, many countries have experienced the immigration of a growing number or refugee minors/youth. Many refugees have been exposed to traumatic events in their country of origin or during flight to their host country, putting issues of public mental health on the agenda. Mental ill-health can have a strong impact on social integration as it affects educational and occupational attainment and therefore increases the risk of labour market marginalisation. Mental ill-health can range from psychological distress to diagnosed disorders. Most frequently occurring are common mental disorders (CMDs), which include depressive, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD). These disorders are characterised by an early age of onset, recurrent episodes and emerging comorbid disorders. Despite the size of the problem, research considering both mental ill-health and social integration in refugee minors/youth is severely underdeveloped and intervention studies are rare. Therefore, the overall aim of the consortium entitled REMAIN (REfugee Minors/youth And INtegration) is to gain knowledge on strategies to improve the social integration of refugee minors/youth with mental ill-health. The objective of this workshop is to present findings from etiological, prognostic and intervention studies carried out within the REMAIN consortium. The workshop aims to increase the audience' knowledge in an area of outmost Public Health importance. The reason of organising this workshop is based on the strong increases of young refugees in many countries worldwide and the resulting need for evidence based knowledge in the area of refugee's health and social integration. The added value of this workshop is due to the presentation of recent and solid findings from studies in 5 universities in 4 different European countries, offering a transnational perspective. Moreover, several studies are based on register data with long follow-up times and good data quality, which are not challenged by low response and high attrition rates during follow-up. Also findings from an intervention study will be presented. The proposed studies contribute with crucial information in a research field characterised by an enormous scientific knowledge gaps. The coherence between the presentations is guaranteed as all presentations deal with mental ill-health and social integration among refugee minors/youth. The format of the workshop implies five presentations and discussion with the participants of the workshop. The presentations will be of such a length that ample time for intensive interaction with the audience is guaranteed. After each presentation, the organiser/chair of the workshop will invite the audience for posing questions and comments regarding the findings presented. Moreover, as last part of the workshop, there will be time for a common discussion of the results and its societal and Public Health implications in a more overarching manner. Key messages Psychological interventions should be developed to address common mental disorders in refugee youth. These disorders worsen refugees' social integration in the new host country.

scholarly journals INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION, CHRISTIAN RELIGION AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION: EXPLORING THE DIFFERENCES IN RELIGIOUS BEHAVIOR OF IMMIGRANTS AND NATIVES IN EUROPE

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 38
Author(s):  
Richard Ondicho Otiso
Keyword(s):  
Social Integration ◽  
Host Country ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Behavior Patterns ◽  
Host Society ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Religious Behavior ◽  
National Perspective ◽  
The Individual

This study aimed to point out the differences between the religiosity of immigrants and natives and how they hinder or facilitate immigrant social integration into the host society. The study took a multi-national perspective as the basis for analyzing religious views within Europe whereby both the natives and immigrants in European countries are evaluated and explanations for individual groups’ integration trajectories are emphasized. With respect to a thorough scholarly analysis, this study found out that the religiosity of immigrants tends to be high than that of natives in most European countries. It also noted that the initial religiosity of immigrants drops with an increase in the duration of time the individual immigrant stays in the host country. This study makes available knowledge about religious differences in a cross-cultural perspective and strives to help sociologists in outlining the differences in order to help in studying behavior patterns in different cultural settings.

Studying Integration: Ethnic Minority and Majority Youth in Comparative Perspective

2018 ◽  
pp. 3-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan O. Jonsson ◽  
Frank Kalter ◽  
Frank van Tubergen
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Social Integration ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Host Country ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Cultural Integration ◽  
Basic Concepts ◽  
Immigrant Generations

We introduce our comparative study on minority and majority youth in four European countries by presenting the problem, basic concepts, theoretical starting points and our strategy of analysis. We address differences in integration across (i) immigrant generations (exposure), (ii) immigrant origin groups and (iii) receiving countries, for several indicators of structural, cultural and social integration. We find few and unsystematic differences in integration across receiving countries. Integration is quite remote for some aspects of social and cultural integration and slowest for those originating in poorer regions at greater cultural and socioeconomic distances, such as the Middle East and Africa. Exposure to the host country leads to decreasing differences in language proficiency and host country identification, but not in liberal attitudes and tolerance, religion and religiosity, or inter-ethnic friendships. We conclude that lingering differences should partly be understood against a backdrop of deeply entrenched structural phenomena such as socialisation, stratification and segregation.

Cheratte-Visé: a Muslim village in Wallonia

2005 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 308-344
Author(s):  
Christophe Parthoens ◽  
Dina Sensi ◽  
Altay Manco
Keyword(s):  
Social Integration ◽  
Host Country ◽  
Local Authority ◽  
Working Population ◽  
Mining Region ◽  
The Sixties ◽  
Local Councillors ◽  
Turkish Community

This article aims to describe the processes leading to social integration of a Turkish community at the beginning of the sixties who were resident in a mining region in Belgium. The stages through which this immigrant working population had to go through are described here: and how it managed, within a third of century, to become established in the district, to structure itself in associations, to be recognized by the local authority and the institutional fabric of the host country, and finally, to sit down at the same table with the local councillors.

CASE STUDY: Regional Cultural Differences Within and Across Four Western European Countries

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-47
Author(s):  
Nadine Waehning ◽  
Ibrahim Sirkeci ◽  
Stephan Dahl ◽  
Sinan Zeyneloglu
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Business Plans ◽  
Regional Markets ◽  
Gender Education ◽  
Western European

This case study examines and illustrates within country regional cultural differences and cross border cultural similarities across four western European countries. Drawing on the data from the World Values Survey (WVS), we refer to the Schwartz Cultural Values Inventory in the survey. The demographic variables of age, gender, education level, marital status and income vary across the regions and hence, have significant effects on the cultural value dimensions across regions. The findings help a better understanding of the homogeneity and heterogeneity of regions withinand across countries. Both researchers and managers will have to justify their sampling methods and generalisations more carefully when drawing conclusions for a whole country. This case study underlines the limited knowledge about regional within country cultural differences, while also illustrating the simplification of treating each country as culturally homogeneous. Cross-country business strategies connecting transnational regional markets based on cultural value characteristics need to take these similarities and differences into account when designating business plans.

Period of residence as a factor in language maintenance

2005 ◽  
Vol 149-150 ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Clyne ◽  
Sue Fernandez
Keyword(s):  
Focus Groups ◽  
Host Country ◽  
Language Maintenance ◽  
Country Of Origin ◽  
Close Connection ◽  
Multiple Identity ◽  
Conflict Situations ◽  
Integration Of Immigrants ◽  
Source Countries ◽  
Immigrant Language

This paper explores ‘period of residence’ as a factor in the maintenance of an immigrant language, based on the example of Hungarian in Australia. Hungarian speakers arrived in Australia from several different source countries including Hungary, Romania (Transylvania), and areas of the formers Yugoslavia (Vojvodina) and Czechoslovakia (Slovakia). The distinct waves of Hungarian speaking migrants to Australia - 1938-40; 1947-54; 1956-57; 1960s, 70s and 80s; and 1990s - reflect the close connection between sociopolitical events and immigrant source countries for speakers of Hungarian. The data for the study comprises interviews with 22 families, encompassing all vintages and source countries noted above, supplemented by two focus groups. The study demonstrates that ‘period of residence’interacts with a number of other factors, notably country of origin, reasons for migration, and the prevailing attitudes and policies towards the reception and integration of immigrants in the host country at the time. It highlights the contradictory and ambivalent effects on language maintenance of situations of multiple identity and individual responses to conflict situations.

Education and the Integration of Immigrants in Israel

1969 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 3-19
Author(s):  
Chaim Adler
Keyword(s):  
Social Integration ◽  
School System ◽  
Social Motives ◽  
Modern School ◽  
The Social ◽  
Integration Of Immigrants ◽  
Causes Of Failure

This article deals with the issue of educational versus social integration. It attempts to analyze the historic and social motives of the Israeli elite in delegating to education an important role in the social integration of ethnically different groups. A distinction between two main groups of factors responsible for these students’ failure in school are made: (1) causes of failure directly related to a state of disadvantage; (2) causes of failure stemming from the nature of modern school. The article concludes with a discussion of the measures employed by the Israeli school system to reduce this failure and offers a set of additional measures.

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