Mobility and security: the perceived benefits of citizenship for resettled young people from refugee backgrounds

Nunn, Caitlin; McMichael, Celia; Gifford, Sandra M.; Correa‐Velez, Ignacio

doi:10.1080/1369183x.2015.1086633

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“…A migrant's decision to naturalise is influenced by the meanings they attach to citizenship. Citizenship acquisition can be for instrumental or strategic reasons as it allows a migrant to secure their position in the destination country, protect themselves from future policy changes/ deportation and apply for a passport (Aptekar, 2016;Joppke, 2019;Leuchter, 2014;Nunn et al, 2016). Harpaz and Mateos (2019) point out that beyond gaining legal status and its associated rights, citizenship can provide migrants with more opportunities in relation to education, employment and family protection.…”

Section: Citizenship and Dual-citizenshipmentioning

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Identifying barriers to New Zealanders obtaining Australian citizenship

Morey

2020

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Increasing migration regulation affects long‐term resident non‐citizen populations. Using New Zealanders living in Australia as an example, this paper explores the effect increasing migration regulation has had on this population and their ability to obtain Australian citizenship. Results from an online survey found that although 44.7% of respondents want to become a citizen, the eligibility requirements, cost and the application process were the main barriers to them doing so. Leaving them unable to secure their legal status in Australia.

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Section: Citizenship and Dual-citizenshipmentioning

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Identifying barriers to New Zealanders obtaining Australian citizenship

Morey

2020

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“…However, most refugees find exile in states that neighbour their country of origin (UNHCR 2017), most of which lack the stability and/or capacity of institutions to allow for structural integration. Moreover, the vast majority does not access pathways to citizenship in sites of exile (Nunn et al 2015).…”

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Inclusion and exclusion within a policy of national integration: refugee education in Kenya’s Kakuma Refugee Camp

Bellino

Dryden‐Peterson²

2018

British Journal of Sociology of Education

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This paper explores the impact of global policy shifts toward 'national integration' on schooling for refugee youth in Kenya. Based on interviews and classroom observations in Kakuma Refugee Camp, we theorize that integration manifests in a multidirectional, hierarchical manner as few refugees integrate up into government schools, while most integrate down into segregated camp schools. We examine how youth interpret and navigate these oppositional paths, imbued with assumptions about quality and status. We argue that global policy can foster structures for physical integration; however, social integration, integrally connected to protection and opportunity, depends on local strategies and practices, encompassing formal decisions about adapting policy, as well as embedded beliefs about the purposes of educating refugees and their long-term inclusion in host societies. This study responds to calls for deeper sociological attention to education and global migration, as states expand educational opportunities for refugee populations while negotiating educational rights amongst citizens.

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“…These experiences may well have shaped their attitudes towards and experiences of return visits, though such potential causal connections are necessarily murky and complex. Nonetheless, formal citizenship in Australia is an important aspect of settlement because it provides secure international mobility and, more specifically, the ability to visit family and homelands (Nunn et al 2016). Beyond this, the narratives of the young people's imagined return visits -whether enthusiastic, indifferent or reticent -reflect their memories, imaginations and understandings of their homelands.…”

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Return visits and belonging to countries of origin among young people from refugee backgrounds

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In this article, we explore the return visits of resettled young people from refugee backgrounds to their personal and/or ancestral countries of origin. We draw on qualitative data from a longitudinal study of people who fled their country of origin at an early age, many of whom were born or lived for protracted periods in countries of asylum, and resettled in Australia. We demonstrate that return visits are not simply a homecoming; the young people's narratives reflect ambivalent relationships to the homeland experienced across multiple domains of belonging. Accounts of return visits refer to three core domains of belonging – practical national belonging, family connection, and attachment to material places. We argue that a return visit gives these youths a valued opportunity to negotiate and develop their homeland connections, though not necessarily an unambiguous opportunity to belong.

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Mobility and security: the perceived benefits of citizenship for resettled young people from refugee backgrounds

Cited by 37 publications

References 51 publications

Identifying barriers to New Zealanders obtaining Australian citizenship

Identifying barriers to New Zealanders obtaining Australian citizenship

Inclusion and exclusion within a policy of national integration: refugee education in Kenya’s Kakuma Refugee Camp

Return visits and belonging to countries of origin among young people from refugee backgrounds

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