The Global Wave of Refugees and Migrants: Complex Challenges for European Policy Makers

García-Zamor, Jean-Claude

doi:10.1007/s11115-016-0371-1

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“…Several factors, including the ethnic and religious stereotyping of terrorists, increased communal resistance to immigration, the distinction between refugees and voluntary migrants becoming blurred in the process. For all these reasons, although the Refugee Convention is still in force, there are unprecedented pressures to dilute if not to dismantle the key provisions for protecting the rights of refugees, irrespective of their backgrounds or countries of origin.…”

Section: Oscillations In Public Perceptions and National Policiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The contemporary refugee crisis: an overview of mental health challenges

2017

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There has been an unprecedented upsurge in the number of refugees worldwide, the majority being located in low-income countries with limited resources in mental health care. This paper considers contemporary issues in the refugee mental health field, including developments in research, conceptual models, social and psychological interventions, and policy. Prevalence data yielded by cross-sectional epidemiological studies do not allow a clear distinction to be made between situational forms of distress and frank mental disorder, a shortcoming that may be addressed by longitudinal studies. An evolving ecological model of research focuses on the dynamic inter-relationship of past traumatic experiences, ongoing daily stressors and the background disruptions of core psychosocial systems, the scope extending beyond the individual to the conjugal couple and the family. Although brief, structured psychotherapies administered by lay counsellors have been shown to be effective in the short term for a range of traumatic stress responses, questions remain whether these interventions can be sustained in low-resource settings and whether they meet the needs of complex cases. In the ideal circumstance, a comprehensive array of programs should be provided, including social and psychotherapeutic interventions, generic mental health services, rehabilitation, and special programs for vulnerable groups. Sustainability of services, ensuring best practice, evidence-based approaches, and promoting equity of access must remain the goals of future developments, a daunting challenge given that most refugees reside in settings where skills and resources in mental health care are in shortest supply.

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Section: Oscillations In Public Perceptions and National Policiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The contemporary refugee crisis: an overview of mental health challenges

2017

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“…Scholars from different disciplines, including nonprofit management and public policy, have analyzed civil society actors and cross-sectoral coordination during the 2015-2016 refugee crisis (see, e.g., Garcia-Zamor, 2017;Hesse, Kreutzer, & Diehl, 2019;Kornberger, Leixnering, Meyer, & Höllerer, 2018;Meyer & Simsa, 2018). Kornberger et al (2018) and Meyer and Simsa (2018) studied the response to the sudden massive flow of refugees through Austria in 2015.…”

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“…Studying the responses of three civil society organizations to the crisis, particularly their structural changes and adaptation, Meyer and Simsa (2018) found that these organizations required different forms of organizational learning across different phases of the crisis. Some scholars (e.g., Garcia-Zamor, 2017;Hesse et al, 2019) focused on the role of the context leading to change during the crisis. To explain the movements of refugees, Garcia-Zamor (2017) explored different underlying push-and-pull factors.…”

Section: Coordination and Learning During Crisesmentioning

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Learning and crisis coordination: Experiences from the Balkan refugee route

Nolte

Martin

2021

Nonprofit Mgmnt & Ldrshp

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“…Improved understanding of Muslims' work ethic has currently become important in Western countries due to the unprecedented numbers of Muslim immigrants and refugees from Africa and Asia and particularly from the Middle East to the EU. Over the past decades, tens of millions of Muslims from Morocco, Turkey, Pakistan and other countries have settled in Europe as migrant workers, most recently joined by millions of refugees from Syria (see Garcia-Zamor, 2017). These Muslim populations integrate into recipient labor markets and various organizations in which NFEC constitutes a marker of social integration.…”

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Nonfinancial employment commitment among Muslims and Jews in Israel: examination of the core–periphery model on majority and minority groups

Sharabi

Shdema

Abboud-Armaly

2020

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PurposeThe Nonfinancial employment commitment (NFEC) of Muslims in general, and of Arab Muslims in particular, has not yet been studied. Accordingly, the purpose of this study is to fill this gap by exploring the NFEC among Arab Muslims in Israel and comparing it to that of Jews in Israel.Design/methodology/approachThe most common indicator of NFEC is the classic “Lottery Question,” which asked whether an individual would continue or stop working if they won a lottery or inherited a large sum of money. The sample included 215 Muslims and 898 Jews representing the Israeli labor force.FindingsThe findings reveal higher NFEC among Arab Muslims, particularly among women, compared to Jews. Muslims and Jews in urban areas have a lower NFEC then those who live in smaller localities. Among both Jews and Muslims, NFEC significantly increases with education level and income.Social implicationsNFEC is an important measure of the work ethic. A high NFEC of Arab Muslims, especially among women, reflects a high nonactualized potential for Western societies integrating Arab Muslim immigrants and refugees into the labor market.Originality/valueThe authors adapted the core–periphery model and found that it could explain the authors’ findings regarding NFEC differences among ethnoreligious groups in different residential areas. As the authors indicated before, it is the first time that NFEC of Arab Muslims has been studied.

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The Global Wave of Refugees and Migrants: Complex Challenges for European Policy Makers

Cited by 11 publications

References 4 publications

The contemporary refugee crisis: an overview of mental health challenges

The contemporary refugee crisis: an overview of mental health challenges

Learning and crisis coordination: Experiences from the Balkan refugee route

Nonfinancial employment commitment among Muslims and Jews in Israel: examination of the core–periphery model on majority and minority groups

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