From Refugee to Good Citizen: A Discourse Analysis of Volunteering

Yap, Su Yin; Byrne, Angela; Davidson, Sarah

doi:10.1093/jrs/feq036

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“…The motivations of AS who volunteer are much more aligned with those previously described in the literature (Wardell et al, 2000;Yin Yap et al, 2010). Volunteering as an AS or refugee has previously been described as a way of developing skills that could be used in employment (Yin Yap et al, 2010). That being socially isolated as an AS or refugee can be detrimental to health (SRC, 2011) is illustrated in this study by one participant who could no longer volunteer and felt her mental health was deteriorating as a result.…”

Section: Role Of Volunteers Linked With Motivationsupporting

confidence: 74%

“…Echoing the literature about the role of voluntary work for people-seeking asylum in the UK (Yin Yap et al, 2010) the participants described how it gave them a role when they were unable to work, allowed them to get to know their local community, helped them maintain good health and provided a level of material support. The motivations of AS who volunteer are much more aligned with those previously described in the literature (Wardell et al, 2000;Yin Yap et al, 2010). Volunteering as an AS or refugee has previously been described as a way of developing skills that could be used in employment (Yin Yap et al, 2010).…”

Section: Role Of Volunteers Linked With Motivationmentioning

confidence: 60%

“…self-improvement. It was also reported that volunteering was a way to become part of the "host community" and allowed refugees to have a role in that community (Yin Yap et al, 2010).…”

Section: Services and Needs Of Migrantsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Volunteers working to support migrants in Glasgow: a qualitative study

Jones

Williamson

2014

International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to explore the roles, motivations and experiences of volunteers who work to support asylum seekers (AS), refugees and refused asylum seekers (RAS) in Glasgow. Design/methodology/approach -Qualitative semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight volunteer participants who worked to support migrants in Glasgow, two of which were AS. Purposeful and theoretical sampling was used and data were analysed using the framework approach. Findings -The roles of participants were broad included providing "destitution relief " (providing shelter and food for destitute asylum seekers (DAS)) and acting as advocates for AS to help them access services. The most common reported motivation of participants was a humanitarian interest in the situation of migrants in Glasgow and the UK. In contrast, participants who were AS, volunteered because they could not work and it helped to improve their mental well-being. The complexity of the circumstances of some migrants was seen as the most challenging aspect of volunteering. Participants were involved first hand in the difficulties migrants had in accessing health and social services. Research limitations/implications -This exploratory study confirmed the vital role voluntary organisations have in supporting migrants in Glasgow. It highlights the essential role volunteers have in supporting DAS and sets out some volunteer support needs. This has important implications for this context in Glasgow. Further work in other dispersal settings in the UK would help elucidate if this is replicable across the UK. Practical implications -Volunteer's role as lay advocates should be recognised and then supported by statutory services such as primary care and social services. Social implications -The overall view was that the system of claiming asylum poses numerous challenges for both migrants and the volunteers working to support them. AS can become completely reliant on the volunteers and the services they provide. Originality/value -This is the first research study examining the roles, motivations and experiences of volunteers who support migrants.

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Section: Role Of Volunteers Linked With Motivationsupporting

confidence: 74%

Section: Role Of Volunteers Linked With Motivationmentioning

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Volunteers working to support migrants in Glasgow: a qualitative study

Jones

Williamson

2014

International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care

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“…Support organizations aim to assist refugees’ access to employment through job counselling and referrals (Banki 2006; Majka 1991), language and skills training (Matikainen 2003; McIntosh and Cockburn‐Wootten 2019), cross‐cultural training programmes (Lauer and Yan 2013; Ponzoni 2015) and provision of local experience through employment and volunteering (Martin 2012; Yap et al . 2011). They are often gatekeepers of resources, such as information and social networks, to which refugees need access in order to seek employment (Godin and Renaud 2002; Lacroix et al .…”

Section: Organizational‐level Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Unveiling theCanvas Ceiling: A Multidisciplinary Literature Review of Refugee Employment and Workforce Integration

Lee

Szkudlarek

Nguyen

et al. 2020

Int J Management Reviews

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Increasing levels of displacement and the need to integrate refugees in the workforce pose new challenges to organizations and societies. Extant research on refugee employment and workforce integration currently resides across various disconnected disciplines, posing a significant challenge for management scholars to contribute to timely and relevant solutions. In this paper, we endeavour to address this challenge by reviewing and synthesizing multidisciplinary literature on refugee employment and workforce integration. Using a relational framework, we organize our findings around three levels of analysis -institutional, organizational and individual -to outline the complexity of factors affecting refugees' employment outcomes. Based on our analysis, we introduce and elaborate on the phenomenon of the canvas ceiling -a systemic, multilevel barrier to refugee workforce integration and professional advancement. The primary contributions of this paper are twofold. First, we map and integrate the multidisciplinary findings on the challenges of refugee workforce integration. Second, we provide management scholarship with a future research agenda to address the knowledge gap identified in this review and advance practical developments in this domain.

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“…the 'natives' or 'good citizens' (Anderson, 2013). To give but one example, Yap, Byrne, and Davidson (2011) showed how refugees used volunteering to create themselves discursively as 'good citizens'.…”

Section: Theoretical and Methodological Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%