23 settembre – Tavola rotonda. Antirazzismo quotidiano: riflessioni, pratiche e sfide
Torino, Festival della Migrazione dal 20 al 24 settembre 2023
WP5
Comparative paper: attitudes, intergroup relations, and migrant integration experiences
Challenges and opportunities of migrant integration in smaller towns
Migrants struggle to get to know Sweden and the Swedes
The way migrants fit into society is school, work or community life. But in Sweden, research has shown it is difficult to get to know both the country and the Swedes.
Open up your curtains?! – What we can learn from small-town integration dynamics for the future reorganization of the Dutch reception landscape
PhD candidate Elina Jonitz reflects on the wider implications of her fieldwork experience and draws on interviews with refugees conducted for Whole-COMM’s WP5 Country Report.
Whole-COMM Country Reports Explore Factors That Facilitate and Hinder Positive Interactions between Locals and Migrants in 9 Countries
Whole-COMM’s researchers have explored the interactions between migrants and long-term residents, and migrants’ experiences of inclusion and exclusion in 9 countries. The reports aim to uncover the impact of policies and local contexts on experiences and social interactions. The study is based on in-depth interviews with post-2014 migrants, focus group discussions with a mix of … Read more
Country report on social relations, individual attitudes and migrant integration experiences – Poland
The WP5 Polish report examines integration in four selected localities, two in Lower Silesia region and two in the Greater Poland region. For this research, focus groups with long-term residents and post-2014 migrants, interviews with migrants and participant observations were conducted. The objective of this comparative research is to analyze, post-2014 migrants’ experiences, individual … Read more
Country report on social relations, individual attitudes and migrant integration experiences – Belgium
This report studies reciprocal interactions between post-2014 migrants and long-term residents. It also evaluates experiences of inclusion and exclusion of post-2014 migrants in four small and medium-sized towns in Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia). The findings are based on interviews conducted with post-2014 migrants and on four focus group discussions with a mix of long-term residents … Read more
Country report on social relations, individual attitudes and migrant integration experiences – Turkey
Through the three local case studies examined in Turkey, this report aims to explore the factors (social/group, ideational/political, governance and spatial) that are more relevant in shaping attitudes, interactions between long-term residents and post-2014 migrants, and migrants’ experiences of inclusion/exclusion. It addresses three cases: Small-Town East Marmara, Small-Town Central Anatolia and Rural Areas Mediterranean. Based … Read more
Country report on social relations, individual attitudes and migrant integration experiences – Sweden
This report presents the Swedish results of the Whole-COMM work package 5. This work package consists in a qualitative examination of the social, governance, political, and spatial opportunities and constraints that affect migrants’ opportunities for successful social and economic integration. Through individual interviews with post-2014 migrants, focus groups with migrants and long-term residents, and participant … Read more
