Kindred Spirits?

Macklin, Audrey; Barber, Kathryn; Goldring, Luin; Hyndman, Jennifer; Korteweg, Anna C.; Zyfi, Jona

doi:10.2307/j.ctv176ktqs.14

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“…Although there is evidence that day-to-day interactions between volunteers and sponsored families are gradually fostering positive interpersonal relationships, premised on respect for differences and interdependency, refugees have to be encouraged to assert their authority to act beyond the refugee label when volunteers assume a disconfirming parental role, which confined them to diminished identities of dependency (Karakayali et al, 2018;Macklin et al, 2020). Refugees' agency is not explicitly addressed in this article, but CSS volunteers' knowledge and awareness of the functioning of UK institutions and systems of governance creates an opportunity for refugees to learn about their rights and citizenship possibilities.…”

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confidence: 99%

It’s About the Power of Little People’: the UK Community Sponsorship Scheme, a New Space for Solidarity, Civic Engagement and Activism

Reyes-Soto

2023

Int. Migration & Integration

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The Community Sponsorship Scheme (CSS) was introduced in 2016 by the UK Government to enable members of civil society to be directly involved in helping refugees settle in the UK. The CSS is intense and time-consuming, and a lot of effort is directed at helping one family to rebuild their lives in safety. Since the introduction of the scheme, nearly 1000 refugees have been resettled across the UK. The data used in this paper was collected as part of a three-year study intended to provide an independent formative evaluation of the CSS. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with 145 volunteers and 33 individuals from the wider community at five locations where refugees have been placed, this article examines how acts of solidarity, community networks and civic engagement have mobilised ordinary citizens who advocate in favour of the refugee cause. The findings support the argument that motivations to volunteer are both altruistic and egocentric, predominantly delivered by older female volunteers. The article demonstrates that volunteers involved in the CSS have played a fundamental role in bridging social capital with wider members of the host communities. It concludes that the CSS is an innovative model of refugee resettlement that is breeding a new type of volunteering that empowers British civil society.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

It’s About the Power of Little People’: the UK Community Sponsorship Scheme, a New Space for Solidarity, Civic Engagement and Activism

Reyes-Soto

2023

Int. Migration & Integration

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“…hosts) and sponsored refugees (e.g. Derwing and Mulder, 2003) and host-refugee relations (Macklin et al, 2020). Interestingly, however, little is known about the role of the hospitableness of sponsoring individuals (i.e.…”

Section: Private Sponsorship Of Refugeesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Broadly defined as "the reactions of one individual to the observed experiences of another" (Davis, 1983, 113), empathy can be enhanced through direct contact between hosts and refugees. The experience of sponsoring and hosting refugees can be meaningful, rewarding and transformative (Macklin et al, 2020). Specifically, the extent to which hosts may develop a sense of empathy towards their refugee guests may be associated with how hospitable they are.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…As highlighted in the previous sections, sponsoring and hosting refugees can be both challenging and rewarding (Macklin et al, 2020). Previous research indicates that experiences in hosting refugees can determine behavioural intentions such as willingness to host again and recommending hosting to others (Macklin et al, 2020).…”

Section: H6 Empathy Towards Refugees Positively Influences Advocacy F...mentioning

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Refugees at home: the role of hospitableness in fostering pro-social attitudes and behaviours towards refugees

Alrawadieh,

Altinay,

Urbančíková

et al. 2023

IJCHM

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Purpose This study aims to examine the role of hospitableness towards refugees, as embraced by local hosts, in engendering positive social outcomes, including fostering favourable attitudes and empathy towards refugees, satisfaction from hosting refugees in private dwellings and advocacy for hosting them. Design/methodology/approach Rooted in the contact theory and drawing on a hospitality social lens framework, the study uses a mixed-methods approach using a sequential quantitative-qualitative design to understand the interface between hospitableness, attitudes and empathy towards refugees, satisfaction from hosting refugees in private dwellings and advocacy for hosting them. A conceptual model is proposed and tested using 160 valid surveys collected from individuals hosting Ukrainian refugees in Slovakia. SEM-PLS is used to test the proposed model. A total of 25 in-depth interviews with Slovakian individuals hosting refugees in private dwellings were also conducted to explain and further explore the initial quantitative results. Findings The findings indicate that hospitableness has a positive effect on attitudes towards refugees, fosters a sense of empathy and results in satisfaction from hosting refugees. Interestingly, while hospitableness per se does not directly affect advocacy for hosting refugees, it does so indirectly via favourable attitudes towards refugees and satisfaction from the hosting experience. While qualitative findings largely support and further explain the quantitative results, interesting insights are also obtained. Practical implications The study advocates that hospitableness should be addressed through a social lens beyond its traditional commercial boundaries. Several implications for policymakers, NGOs and other stakeholders involved in hosting refugees are proposed. Overall, policies need to be oriented towards harnessing the power of refugee hosting schemes, thus increasing the role of hospitableness in addressing societal challenges such as the refugee crisis. Originality/value While not new, private hosting of refugees has recently gained momentum following the outbreak of the Ukrainian refugee crisis. In spite of some valuable research delving into hosting experiences from the refugees’ and hosts’ perspectives, this research stream is notably fragmented and largely exploratory. Specifically, there seems to be no comprehensive understanding of how hospitableness towards refugees, as embraced by hosts, can engender positive social outcomes, including fostering favourable attitudes and empathy towards refugees, satisfaction from hosting refugees and advocacy for hosting refugees in private dwellings. Overall, hospitality research is notably biased towards commercial settings, focusing on instrumental benefits rather than societal outcomes. This study focuses on the societal outcomes of hospitableness as a tool to address the refugee crisis.

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“…If social justice-based 'community practice' constitutes one category of motivation, another is made up of the more urgent 'demands' for resettlement among the family members and ethnonational kin still at risk in precarious refugee situations. Former refugees living in Canada who have family members and/ or diaspora links through kinship networks not necessarily related to family ties (Macklin et al, 2020) still in need of protection often feel obliged to sponsor them. Below, we illustrate how the possibility of 'naming' particular people who meet the government's refugee definition can lead to successful family linked cases in which they become privately sponsored refugees.…”

Section: Linking Global-local Connections: Sponsorship Motivation and Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustaining the Private Sponsorship of Resettled Refugees in Canada

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For more than 40 years, groups of Canadian residents have raised funds and offered their time and energy to support over 325,000 refugee newcomers to Canada through the Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program. In 2020, targets for private refugee sponsorship in the Canadian context were double the number of government-assisted refugees. Private sponsorship is therefore an important focus of analysis in relation to refugee resettlement, representing a complementary pathway to refugee protection through civil society mobilization. Yet, little research to-date has focused on private sponsorship. Based on an original qualitative study, this paper probes how voluntary sponsorship has been sustained over decades, despite the high personal and financial costs it entails, by analyzing the insights of those who have experienced sponsorship: former refugees who came through the program, long-term sponsors, key informants, and other community leaders. The authors argue that private refugee sponsorship is a community practice, a routine action that is part of a collective commitment, a way of connecting local community actions to global politics of injustice and displacement. Furthermore, refugee newcomers who land in Canada as permanent residents become part of the communities and society in which they stay. Having left family members behind in refugee camps and cities of refuge, many become sponsors themselves. This phenomenon of ‘family linked’ sponsorship is a defining and sustaining feature of the program, motivating family members in Canada to team up with seasoned sponsors to ‘do more’. Our data show that sponsorship occurs across scales—linking local sites in Canada to countries where human atrocities are common and neighboring states that host those who flee. Sponsorship connects people in various communities across the world, and these transnational links are important to understanding the sustainability of sponsorship over time in Canada. Our research pays attention to the narratives of sponsors and those they support with the objective of documenting the momentous contribution of this complementary, and expanding, pathway for refugee protection.

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Kindred Spirits?

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It’s About the Power of Little People’: the UK Community Sponsorship Scheme, a New Space for Solidarity, Civic Engagement and Activism

It’s About the Power of Little People’: the UK Community Sponsorship Scheme, a New Space for Solidarity, Civic Engagement and Activism

Refugees at home: the role of hospitableness in fostering pro-social attitudes and behaviours towards refugees

Sustaining the Private Sponsorship of Resettled Refugees in Canada

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