Committed to Integration: Local Media Representations of Refugee Integration Work in Northern Sweden
The overall aim of this article is to explore the ways in which refugee reception and integration work is storied in the local newspapers of two rural municipalities in northern Sweden. Our results show that the strong emphasis on integration through employment present in national policy regimes is...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:b8a61de7ca674c22bbd0853cf934b805 2023-05-15T17:44:20+02:00 Committed to Integration: Local Media Representations of Refugee Integration Work in Northern Sweden Ulrika Schmauch Katarina Giritli Nygren 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.33134/njmr.326 https://doaj.org/article/b8a61de7ca674c22bbd0853cf934b805 EN eng Helsinki University Press https://journal-njmr.org/articles/326 https://doaj.org/toc/1799-649X 1799-649X doi:10.33134/njmr.326 https://doaj.org/article/b8a61de7ca674c22bbd0853cf934b805 Nordic Journal of Migration Research, Vol 10, Iss 3 (2020) refugee reception integration work media analysis rural sweden Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration JV1-9480 Communities. Classes. Races HT51-1595 article 2020 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.33134/njmr.326 2022-12-31T09:24:05Z The overall aim of this article is to explore the ways in which refugee reception and integration work is storied in the local newspapers of two rural municipalities in northern Sweden. Our results show that the strong emphasis on integration through employment present in national policy regimes is not readily visible in local media portrayals of integration. Instead, integration work is framed as a matter of commitment of individual refugees, volunteers and government administrative staff and, thus, as work with a high level of social support. We argue that the frame of commitment itself needs to be viewed in relation to the growing public support for limiting the resources available for this kind of work, as well as for the limitations for refugees to enter Sweden in the first place. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sweden Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Nordic Journal of Migration Research 10 3 15 26 |
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The overall aim of this article is to explore the ways in which refugee reception and integration work is storied in the local newspapers of two rural municipalities in northern Sweden. Our results show that the strong emphasis on integration through employment present in national policy regimes is not readily visible in local media portrayals of integration. Instead, integration work is framed as a matter of commitment of individual refugees, volunteers and government administrative staff and, thus, as work with a high level of social support. We argue that the frame of commitment itself needs to be viewed in relation to the growing public support for limiting the resources available for this kind of work, as well as for the limitations for refugees to enter Sweden in the first place. |
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Committed to Integration: Local Media Representations of Refugee Integration Work in Northern Sweden |
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