On Integrating Refugees - Chrostowsky

On Integrating Refugees

 

CHAIR: VASQUEZ, Miguel (NAU)

 

NETHERLAND, William (U Autònoma de Barcelona) Catalonia and the “Culture of Welcome”: Grassroots Approaches to Refugee Integration LUKYANETS, Artem (RUDN), RYAZANTSEV, Sergey (ISPR RAS/RUDN), and MANSHIN, Roman (RUDN) “Russian-Speaking Economy” as a Mechanism of Integration of Russian Migrants in the USA CHROSTOWSKY, MaryBeth (EKU) Refugee Children Education and Well-being: Meeting the Needs of a County’s Growing Newcomer Population MANZANO, Russell (UCF) “Italy Only Rescued You”: Refugees’ Perspectives About Assistance from Non-Governmental Organizations in Sicily VASQUEZ, Miguel (NAU) Austrian Refugee Integration Project

 

VASQUEZ, Miguel (NAU) Austrian Refugee Integration Project. Worldwide, 60 million refugees, displaced warfare and chaos are struggling to regain some semblance of safety, normalcy, and routine. To better understand how receiving countries cope with this, we examined integration programs in Vienna. Austria, like many places, faces the consequences of an influx of refugees. The sentiment among many citizens there is common in many areas experiencing large numbers of immigrants: fear, unsecurity, and nativism. In this atmosphere ad hoc grassroots, as well as established Austrian organizations, provide diverse services for refugees. These integration efforts support new-arrivals and more established immigrants in economic empowerment, as well as addressing psycho-socio-cultural aspects of integration.

 

Session took place in Santa Fe, NM at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2017.