Xenophobia and Alienation. Apprehensions on the Integration of Migrants and Refugees
Xenophobia and Alienation. Apprehensions on the Integration of Migrants and Refugees

Summary/Abstract: The identity of the migrant and refugee communities is built at the intersection of the many perceptions and representations that the exiles form and that partially overlap and sometimes do not resemble their own representations at all.The degree to which a host society opens up economically, politically, legally, but especially culturally towards the communities of migrants and refugees, as well as their real integration possibilities, is the stake of a dynamic game that is difficult to predict. The problem of transnational groups, the polarization of the experiences of their integration, of dual belonging to the homeland of origin and the one of adoption, where the world is divided between “here” and “there”, generates frustrations and specific reactions, including strengthening the function of the collective imaginary. Xenophobia and alienation are secondary effects of these experiences and are sometimes generated by the poor management of public policies or by poor communication processes against a background of pre-existing prejudices and current crises.

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