The ambiguous architecture of precarity: temporary protection, everyday living and migrant journeys of Syrian refugees

Ilcan, Suzan; Rygiel, Kim; Baban, Feyzi

doi:10.1504/ijmbs.2018.091226

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“…One third of the participants stated that they had problems attending courses to further their skills in languages, music, or crafts. The literature supports this finding, describing one reason for these problems as the long processes to obtain work permits and access skills training and higher education, and language programmes and services (e.g., Baban et al, 2017;Bélanger & Saracoglu, 2020;Fincham, 2020;Ilcan et al, 2018;Mencutek, 2019). Backman et al (2021) argue that education can improve integration of immigrants into the local economy and community and that the underutilization of their job skills can negatively impact the host country's economy.…”

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Exploring the occupational lives of Syrians under temporary protection in Turkey

Altuntaş

Azizoğlu²,

Davis

2021

Aus Occup Therapy J

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Persons who become displaced due to situations such as war and natural disasters face extreme challenges in maintaining their occupational repertoires. This study aimed to explore the occupational lives of Syrians under temporary protection in Turkey.Methods: This mixed method study used a cross-sectional design with a predominantly qualitative focus. Syrians living under temporary protection in Turkey were interviewed using the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) to identify their perceived performance problems in the areas of self-care, productivity, and leisure. Additional probes were used to explore participants' reasoning for the choice of occupations and scoring, and occupational changes since arriving in Turkey. Socio-demographics were collected on the participants' age, gender, educational level, marital status, monthly house budget, social security, and number of persons within the household. Thematic analysis was used to undercover themes from the qualitative data. Results: Thirty Syrians living under temporary protection in Turkey in Hatay province participated in this study (mean age: 29.66 AE 7.97 years [range = 18 to 50 years]): 16 women (mean age: 28.64 AE 8.04 years) and 14 men (mean age: 30.56 AE 8.05 years). Participants identified more significant problems in their performance of productive and leisure occupations than in self-care occupations. The following themes emerged: (a) having a house of our own: meeting basic needs and completing activities of daily living; (b) no money for shopping: past everyday occupations now luxuries; (c) feeling valued and important: having the ability but no job; (d) living day to day: Education, career, and marriage on hold; and (e) enjoyment in life: leaving behind family, friends, and occupational spaces. Conclusion:Syrians living in temporary protection in Turkey experience uncertainty within their occupational lives. Participants were able to meet their basic needs; however, precarity of employment limited their participation in previous occupations contracting their repertoires.

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Exploring the occupational lives of Syrians under temporary protection in Turkey

Altuntaş

Azizoğlu²,

Davis

2021

Aus Occup Therapy J

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“…Participants also had extensive social networks and rarely worked while attending school, which reflects their immediate environment (i.e., ecosystem). This finding is relevant because they never anticipated leaving Syria despite systemic government corruption (Ilcan, Rygiel, & Baban, ).…”

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A Phenomenological Study on the Experience of Syrian Asylum‐Seekers and Refugees in the United States

Utržan

Wieling

2018

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Violence in Syria has displaced an unprecedented number of people from their homes. While couple/family therapy (C/MFT) scholars have explored migration experiences, particularly among refugees, there is still limited research using a bioecological framework. This exploratory study examined the experiences of Syrian asylum‐seekers and refugees living in the United States using a qualitative phenomenological approach. Twelve Syrians (n = 8 men, n = 4 women) between 20 and 52 years of age (M = 35.8, SD = 10.7) were interviewed about their experiences across three stages of resettlement: (1) pre‐resettlement, (2) resettlement/migration, and (3) post‐resettlement. Findings suggest that the effects of conflict‐induced displacement and resettlement permeate across multiple ecologies. These range from the individual and his or her interpersonal relationships to their larger community and society. C/MFTs should account for contextual factors while becoming familiar with the sociopolitical impact of displacement and resettlement in their clinical work with this population.

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“…While early in the conflict, Syrians received short-term protection from Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey (e.g., Ineli-Ciger 2017; Janmyr 2016; Sanyal 2018), they have since been facing insecure legal status, limited rights, and precarious living, employment, and mobility situations (e.g., Carpi andŞenoguz 2019;Dagtaş 2018;Ilcan et al 2018). Moreover, Europe too was introducing harmful migration control initiatives around the same time.…”

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The Border Harms of Human Displacement: Harsh Landscapes and Human Rights Violations

Ilcan

2021

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Building on the work of critical migration and border studies, particularly the scholarship on the suffering of displaced people through border-related violence, the article focuses on bordering practices and human rights violations relating to the Syrian civil war. It advances the argument that during peoples’ fragmented journeys to seek safety and protection within and outside of Syria, which are often punctuated by stops and starts, they encounter one or more of three kinds of bordering practices—hardening of borders, expansion of borders, and pushbacks—that can injure them and violate international human rights and often the principle of non-refoulement. The article refers to these encounters as the “border harms of human displacement”. The analysis emphasizes the experiences of people on the move and the cruelties and spatial violence they endure. The latter include lengthy periods of walking and running, travel across hazardous lands and seas, family separation, state restrictions, and mistreatment by border authorities. Yet, in response to such difficulties, they continue to assert their agency by negotiating bordering practices and harsh landscapes.

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The ambiguous architecture of precarity: temporary protection, everyday living and migrant journeys of Syrian refugees

Cited by 45 publications

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Exploring the occupational lives of Syrians under temporary protection in Turkey

Exploring the occupational lives of Syrians under temporary protection in Turkey

A Phenomenological Study on the Experience of Syrian Asylum‐Seekers and Refugees in the United States

The Border Harms of Human Displacement: Harsh Landscapes and Human Rights Violations

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