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Syrian Migrants in Sweden – A Survey on Experiences of Migration and Integration

Önver Cetrez, Alsaleh Maluk, Md Arifuzzaman Rajon | Uppsala University

This report explores the experiences of Syrian migrants in Sweden in the areas of border crossings, refugee protection, reception, integration, and their psychological health conditions. The survey was conducted in Sweden between June 2019 and May 2020 and focuses on Syrian migrants, aged 18 years or older, arriving in Sweden in 2011 and upward. The sample of this survey study included 639 respondents and the questionnaires were filled on paper (n=464) or via a web survey (n=175)…

Integration PoliciesRESPOND Horizon2020April 5, 2021Uppsala University, SwedenComment

Integration and Determinants of Psychosocial Health – Thematic Report

Önver Cetrez, Rajon Arifuzzaman, Ingrid Garosi, Annika Hack, Md Arifuzzaman Rajon | Uppsala University

This report analyses an important aspect of migrant life: psychosocial health among migrant newcomers. To this respect, it draws data and findings from the RESPOND reports in several work packages. This report employs a methodology of transdisciplinary research design, by establishing a strong collaboration beyond discipline-specific approaches, exchanging information and sharing sources. While the general analysis in RESPOND is structured along macro (policy), meso (implementation) and micro (individual) levels, this report focuses primarily on newcomers' experiences at the micro level.

Integration PoliciesRESPOND Horizon2020March 31, 2021Uppsala University, SwedenComment

Governance of Migration in and through Crisis: A Comparative Report on RESPOND Research

Zeynep Sahin-Mencütek | Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul - Soner Barthoma | Uppsala University - N. Ela Gökalp-Aras | Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul

Based on the meta-analysis of thematic country and comparative reports produced in the EU Horizon 2020 RESPOND project, this report seeks to revisit multilevel governance as a theoretical framework in comparative migration research. Focusing on the period of 2011-2018 where the governance of migration has been very much affected by the ‘crisis’ climax, we question the adaptability of multilevel governance in describing main patterns in…

Consequences & Responses, Comparative ReportRESPOND Horizon2020March 11, 2021Turkey, Uppsala University, Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul, SwedenComment

Conflicting Conceptualisations of Europeanisation: SWEDEN Country Report

Karin Borevi | Uppsala University - Vasileios Petrogiannis | Södertörn University

This report explores how recent processes of immigration have changed discourses about Europe and migration in Swedish political speeches and newspaper editorials 2011-2018. In the period up to September 2015, political speeches and editorials reflected a dominant humanitarian discourse and Sweden was expected to strive for a better and more…

Europeanisation ConflictRESPOND Horizon2020November 25, 2020Sweden, Uppsala University, Sodertorn UniversityComment

Integration Policies,Trends, Problems and Challenges: An Integrated Report of 9 Country Cases

Soner Barthoma, Önver Cetrez | Uppsala University - N. Ela Gökalp Aras, Zeynep Şahin Mencütek | Swedish research Institute Istanbul - Naures Atto | University of Cambridge

This report provides a snapshot for some of the primary findings, trends and challenges with regard to immigrant integration that have been studied in nine country cases, based on research conducted within the framework…

Border Experiences and Practices of Refugees - Comparative Report

Sabine Hess - Göttingen University | Vasileios Petrogiannis - Uppsala University

This report analyzes how refugees are impacted by border-management policies and migration controls, and how they experience these policies and respond to them. It is based on 507 interviews with refugee migrants who made their way to Lebanon, Turkey, as well as a number of European countries between 2013 and 2018, being conducted by the eleven national Respond Teams. The empirical data not only allows us to reconstruct the effects of the existing border regimes on the lives of those who are their main object and target; we also outline how this analytical perspective on the practices and experiences of refugee migrants also enriches our understanding of what a “border” is today, and how it has been practiced by the respective nation-states in recent years.

Consequences & ResponsesRESPOND Horizon2020September 1, 2020Göttingen University, Germany, Uppsala University, SwedenComment

Refugee Protection Regimes: Comparative Report

Ela Gökalp Aras, Zeynep Şahin Mencütek - Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul | Evangelia Papatzani, Nadina Leivaditi, Electra Petracou - University of the Aegean

This comparative report is based on the RESPOND country reports [deliverable D3.1] that discusses the developments regarding legislation, policy measures and practices on refugee protection, but most importantly the implementation aspect in ten countries covered by the project (Austria, Germany, Greece, Iraq, Italy, Lebanon, Poland, Sweden, Turkey and the United Kingdom) for the 2011-2019 period. This report aims to provide a comparative analysis of refugee protection, emphasising the implementation aspect as drawn from the experiences and perceptions of meso and micro level actors. In doing so, the report offers analytical insights for evaluating the implications of the dynamics of refugee protection, which has undergone many changes since 2011.

Protection Regimes, Comparative ReportRESPOND Horizon2020August 7, 2020Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul, University of the Aegean, Austria, Iraq, Italy, Poland, Lebanon, Germany, Greece, Sweden, Turkey, UKComment

Between Tokenism and Self-Representation: Refugee-Led Advocacy and Inclusion in International Refugee Policy

Haqqi Bahram | Linköping University

There have been increasing efforts at the international level to make migrants and refugees’ participation and inclusion in policy more meaningful. Yet, little is known on their perspectives about these possibilities and the outcomes of these efforts. Drawing on the case of one refugee-led initiative, the Network for Refugee Voice (NRV), in attending the drafting process of the Global Compact on Refugees (GCR), this paper describes the refugee-led advocacy approach to attaining meaningful participation and representation on high policy platforms, including the United Nations organizations.

Consequences & ResponsesRESPOND Horizon2020July 30, 2020Linköping University, SwedenComment

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