Syrian Refugees in Turkey and Integration Problem Ahead

Akar, Sevda; Erdoğdu, M. Mustafa

doi:10.1007/s12134-018-0639-0

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“…There are several domestic challenges associated with refugee hosting and integration. Refugees are often challenged by inadequate language skills and culture shocks (Akar and Erdoğdu 2019). At the same time, citizen populations in host countries often struggle to accept refugee populations, especially given the large numbers in protracted scenarios (Ghosn, Braithwaite, and Chu 2019).…”

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The Journey Home: Violence, Anchoring, and Refugee Decisions to Return

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While the UNHCR promotes voluntary repatriation as the preferred solution to refugee situations, there is little understanding of variation in refugees’ preferences regarding return. We develop a theoretical framework suggesting two mechanisms influencing refugees’ preferences. First, refugees’ lived experiences in their country of origin prior to displacement and in their new host country create a trade-off in feelings of being anchored to their origin or host country. Second, firsthand exposure to traumas of war provides some refugees with a sense of competency and self-efficacy, leading them to prefer to return home. We test these relationships with data from a survey among Syrian refugees hosted in Lebanon. We find refugees exposed to violence during the war have a sense of attachment to Syria and are most likely to prefer return. Refugees who have developed a detachment from Syria or an attachment to Lebanon are less likely to prefer return.

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Section: Repatriation As the Preferred Solutionmentioning

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The Journey Home: Violence, Anchoring, and Refugee Decisions to Return

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“…With the start of the civil war in Syria in 2011, about 4 million Syrian refugees came to Turkey. An open-door policy was implemented and most Syrians were housed in temporary accommodation centers (Akar and Erdogdu 2019). Basic humanitarian aid such as health and education is provided in the name of "temporary protection" for Syrian refugees (Abdulkerim et al 2021).…”

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How Does the Sense of Closeness to God Affect Attitudes toward Refugees in Turkey? Multiculturalism and Social Contact as Mediators and National Belonging as Moderator

Koçak

2021

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Turkey has been the country hosting the highest number of refugees globally with the immigration of Syrians after the civil war in Syria. There have been no major problems between Turks and Syrians in the past ten years. Although Syrians have a financial burden of 71 billion USD to the Turkish state, Turkish society has not reacted significantly due to common religious, cultural, and humanitarian values. This study was conducted with 1743 individuals of different age groups, and it tried to understand the effect of Turkish society’s spirituality in attitudes and behaviors towards Syrian refugees. This relationship was investigated with regard to whether the multiculturalism and contact frequency acted as mediators and national belonging acted as moderator. Gender, age, education, family income, marital status, and whether participants have Syrian neighbors were used as control variables. As a result of the analysis, it was found that the spirituality of the Turkish people was associated with their attitudes towards Syrian refugees, with the mediator effect being multiculturalism and social contact and the moderator effect being national belonging in this relationship.

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“…Immigration policies, at multiple levels, influence the context to be more or less welcoming [7,18,20], and thus affect integration [1,14,20,21]. Less-inclusive integration policies are associated with more negative attitudes towards immigrants, and limitations to host-refugee contact undermine integration efforts [6].…”

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What Makes Me Want You Here? Refugee Integration in a Zambian Settlement Setting

Gronau

Ruesink

2021

Sustainability

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Many of the world's refugees remain in Africa, where they stay long-term, mainly in neighboring countries. The present directions point to integration, in which the host society and the political surroundings play a key role. This paper aims to investigate the ways in which public opinion towards and contact with refugees support integration processes. We apply this research to a settlement setting in rural Zambia, a recent dataset of 275 households from 2018, and an econometric analysis. This is the first study dealing with a set of factors that affect the hosts’ opinion towards and contact with refugees in an African settlement context, and with respect to the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework produced by the United Nations. Our results show, particularly, the religiosity, group membership, life satisfaction, food insecurity, agricultural ownership and natural resource uses of the host society to be the main factors that need policy consideration for the promotion of refugee integration. Stakeholders dealing in host–refugee settings and seeking for durable solutions should roll out community programs to address threat perceptions and interaction improvements.

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Syrian Refugees in Turkey and Integration Problem Ahead

Cited by 89 publications

References 14 publications

The Journey Home: Violence, Anchoring, and Refugee Decisions to Return

The Journey Home: Violence, Anchoring, and Refugee Decisions to Return

How Does the Sense of Closeness to God Affect Attitudes toward Refugees in Turkey? Multiculturalism and Social Contact as Mediators and National Belonging as Moderator

What Makes Me Want You Here? Refugee Integration in a Zambian Settlement Setting

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