A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS ON THE SOCIAL INTEGRATION OF SYRIAN URBAN REFUGEES Cover Image

SURİYELİ KENT MÜLTECİLERİNİN SOSYAL ENTEGRASYONU ÜZERİNE NİTEL BİR ÇALIŞMA
A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS ON THE SOCIAL INTEGRATION OF SYRIAN URBAN REFUGEES

Author(s): Selda G. Yıldırım, Müberra Dinler
Subject(s): Public Administration, Methodology and research technology, Rural and urban sociology, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
Published by: Kafkas Üniversitesi Sağlık, Kültür ve Spor Daire Başkanlığı Dijital Baskı Merkezi
Keywords: Urban refugees; Syrian refugees; social integration;

Summary/Abstract: The migration reflexes of the countries have started to differentiate with the multiple changes that the refugee mobility has undergone at the economic, social, political, cultural and demographic levels. Measures taken against this diversified and increasing migration contrary to multicultural policies and discourses create a paradoxical situation that emerge as a result of this differentiation. On the one hand there is the acceptance of multiculturalism and on the other hand there is a rejection of forced migration. Turkey has been following a human-centered policy rather than security oriented rational policies for the moment. However, the diversity and high number of immigrants that reached the highest levels ever in Turkey, carry the possibility of a conflict between human-centered policies and citizen-centered policies in the future. The aim of the study is to examine the social integration levels of Syrian urban refugees within the framework of social integration indicators. For this purpose, semi-structured interviews were held with 30 Syrian refugees residing in Sancaktepe district of Istanbul.The data obtained as a result of the interviews were analyzed through descriptive analysis.

  • Issue Year: 12/2021
  • Issue No: 23
  • Page Range: 452-478
  • Page Count: 27
  • Language: Turkish