Syrian refugee influx and the rise of far-right rhetoric: a quasi-experimental investigation

Sakib, Nazmus; Osman, Syed Muhammad Ishraque

doi:10.1080/23745118.2019.1634352

Cited by 10 publications

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“…Perceived threats related to economics (employment competition and public benefit usage), culture (social division and a loss of power among white communities), and security (terrorism, crime, and disease) (Hogan and Haltinner 2015). Although the data do not support these claims that refugees post a safety risk (Amuedo-Dorantes et al 2018;Masterson and Yasenov 2019;Sakib and Ishraque Osman 2019), perceptions of refugees and immigrants constituting a threat (Hogan and Haltinner 2015) may foster discrimination, rejection, and fear. Refugee groups with minority racial status face additional challenges to inclusion in countries with entrenched histories of racial bias (Baak 2019).…”

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confidence: 95%

Safety Among Newly Resettled Refugees in the USA

Shaw¹,

Rodgers²,

Poulin³

et al. 2020

Int. Migration & Integration

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Within a context of changing political and social perspectives toward refugee resettlement in the USA, this mixed methods study examines experiences of safety among recently resettled refugees. The study was conducted by resettlement agency personnel within two states, Utah and Arizona. We examine risk and protective factors associated with perceptions of safety among a sample of 243 participants, as well as experiences related to safety as described in focus groups with 50 participants. Of the environmental factors examined, attending events related to one's culture, language, or religion and more frequent home visits were associated with higher levels of perceived safety, while experiencing discrimination was associated with lower levels of perceived safety. Some individual and social factors such as nation of origin were also associated with perceptions of safety. Focus groups identified key themes related to safety in the USA which included discrimination, concerns about family safety, and feeling safe in the USA. An increased emphasis on safety as a key resettlement outcome can strengthen resettlement policy and guide community responses.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 95%

Safety Among Newly Resettled Refugees in the USA

Shaw¹,

Rodgers²,

Poulin³

et al. 2020

Int. Migration & Integration

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“…As participants lived with this new reality in the U.S., symbols such as the American flag took on new meaning. In effect, growing perceptions of refugees as dangerous served to jeopardize the safety of refugees, rather than the majority community (Amuedo-Dorantes et al, 2021;Masterson & Yasenov, 2018;Sakib & Ishraque Osman, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

“I Remember When Donald Trump Was Elected. It Broke a lot of Refugees’ Hearts”

Funk

Shaw

2022

ASW

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Recent U.S. refugee policy and political rhetoric have sanctioned anti-refugee sentiment, fostering beliefs of refugees as other, threatening, or less than. Following the transition into the Trump administration, interviews with 88 refugees resettled long-term in the U.S. were conducted to examine the impact of the post-2016 political climate. Major themes included feelings of uncertainty regarding refugee status and stability, changes in perception of U.S. citizenship, and a sense of unwelcome. The harmful effects of political environments must be recognized in order to appropriately support refugee communities through social service programming and advocacy. Social workers can elevate refugee voices while working to improve resettlement services and enhance supportive social policy. Increased attention to refugee perspectives may facilitate understanding and decrease stigma moving forward in a new political era.

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“…This makes the scientific study more relevant and fascinating since we would like to determine if, even after social distancing, the treatment states continue to have a reasonably higher infection growth rate than the control states. This is because, in the absence of a competent causal inference approach, descriptive data and/or visuals might lead the reader to believe that social distancing has had no influence on infection rates (Osman and Sakib 2020) [Sakib and Ishraque Osman, 2020] . We would like to determine whether a more complex and fine-tuned model agrees with or rejects our visual experience.…”

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confidence: 99%