Essays about: "The Refugee Figure"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words The Refugee Figure.

  1. 1. What’s the matter with M? : One young asylum seeker’s fall from grace, in Sweden between 2015 - 2022

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Gustaf Grapengiesser; [2023]
    Keywords : The Refugee Figure; Performativity; Relational Interviewing; Life in the exception; constructed others; irregular mobility; right to appear; knowing strangers;

    Abstract : M arrived in Sweden as a hopeful and aspiring adolescent minor in 2015. By 2022, he instead finds himself living on the streets as a drug addict, homeless, with his residency permit rejected and his asylum application declined. READ MORE

  2. 2. Refugees Welcome? : A study of Structural Apathy towards refugees in Sweden- How can illustrative storytelling challenge the socio-political restrictions of independent refugee narrations in Sweden?

    University essay from Konstfack/Grafisk design & illustration

    Author : Hayfaa Alchalabi; [2020]
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    Abstract : This thesis aims to explore the tool of illustrative storytelling to challenge governmental restrictions faced by refugee narratives in Sweden. This exploration will be done through the study of stereotypes that stigmatise the refugee’s identity. READ MORE

  3. 3. Traveling to Uncertainty : Unaccompanied minors, humanitarianism and “bare life” in the aftermath of the Greek refugee crisis

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Ana Feshta; [2020]
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    Abstract : Abstract In the last years the refugee inflows towards Europe was striking, particularly in 2015 approximately 1 million refugees crossed the European borders, among the refugee population there were many children, amid those children there were also a special category; the unaccompanied children. The topic of this work is based on the highlighted issue of the unaccompanied minors in Greece. READ MORE

  4. 4. The Syrian Refugee crisis in Lebanon : Facing another civil war?

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Erik Nordström; [2017]
    Keywords : Syrian refugees; Lebanon; Lebanese; Hezbollah; Sectarianism; Internal conflict.;

    Abstract : The refugee crisis has been one of the main foci in western media the last years. Many European countries are raising their concerns on the refugees and how they are not able to help them. This thesis is a desk study which seeks to examine the Syrian refugee influx upon Lebanon. READ MORE

  5. 5. Viktor Orbán’s use of history in the European refugee crisis

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

    Author : Ibrahim Kareem; [2017]
    Keywords : European Studies; refugee crisis; Hungary; uses of history; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Viktor Orbán as the Prime Minister of Hungary is a figure that dominates headlines both at home and abroad. During his time in Hungarian and European politics, he has never shied away from using history to bolster his political message. Following the ongoing refugee crisis of 2015, he has employed history as tool against refugees. READ MORE