“At first it was not very pleasant … Now it is different”: Experiences and Challenges of Refugee Integration in Croatia-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

“At first it was not very pleasant … Now it is different”: Experiences and Challenges of Refugee Integration in Croatia

Published:2023-12-01 Issue:91 Volume:91 Page:157-177
ISSN:1854-5181
Container-title:Treatises and Documents, Journal of Ethnic Studies / Razprave in Gradivo, Revija za narodnostna vprašanja
language:en
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Author:

Gregurović Margareta¹,Župarić-Iljić Drago²

Affiliation:

1. Department for Migration and Demographic Research, Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies , Zagreb , Croatia

2. Department of Sociology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb , , Zagreb , Croatia

Abstract

Abstract In observing the integration process at a local and neighbourhood level, this paper aims to analyse the integration experiences of asylum beneficiaries (refugees) in Croatia and their relationships with various stakeholders. The analyses are based on data obtained in 2018 by interviewing 25 refugees about their perceptions of living prospects in Croatia. The results indicated that most of the interviewees described their relationships and experiences with state institution officials as mostly negative or challenging, and in some cases discriminatory. Acceptance in local communities was predominantly assessed as positive, although it took a while for refugees to feel accepted.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Anthropology,Cultural Studies,Demography

Link

https://www.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/tdjes-2023-0019

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