Essays about: "young migrants"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 27 essays containing the words young migrants.

1. 16. Do transnational activities hinder integration? : A critical appraisal of assimilation theory in relation to migrant transnationalism

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Andrea Monti; [2015]
   Keywords : Integration; migrant assimilation; transnationalism; transnational activities; acculturation strategies; LNU-UFB;

   Abstract : Transnational perspectives on migration have challenged conventional understandings of migrant assimilation. However, theories on the relation between transnational engagement and integration are still offering a quite dualistic picture. READ MORE

3. 17. Looking for a Greener Pasture: Exploring the Narratives of Gambian Clandestine Migrants

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Author : Fredrika Uggla; [2015]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Uggla, Fredrika (2015). Looking for a Greener Pasture: Exploring the Narratives of Gambian Clandestine Migrants. Human Geography, advanced level, master thesis for master exam in Human Geography, 30 ECTS credits. Supervisors: Karen Haandrikman and Natasha Webster. READ MORE

4. 18. IMMIGRANTS’ INTEGRATION IN SWEDEN : Swedish young adults’ perceptions and attitudes

   University essay from Institutionen för socialt arbete (SA)

   Author : Lindita Aliti; [2014]
   Keywords : Immigration; immgrants’ integration in Sweden; integration; natives’ perceptions of immigrants; awareness of integration; acculturation theory; social identity theory;

   Abstract : Background: Integration of immigrants is an interactive process of learning a new culture, an obtaining of rights, access to a position and status and building of personal relations between migrants and the receiving society.  Their ability to reciprocally adjust to intercultural encounters is one of the most important factors of successful integration. READ MORE

5. 19. The Back way to Europe : A case study about why young men in Gambia are prepared to risk their lives to get to Europe

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Frida Strand Jagne; [2014]
   Keywords : Gambia; Young men; Back way; Migration; Irregular migration;

   Abstract : Irregular migration is one of our times challenge and the news about migrants dying in the Mediterranean Sea seems to be more and more common these days. African migrants are risking their lives migrating by routes through the desert on trucks packed with migrants to get to Libya; this route is called the back way. READ MORE

6. 20. Undocumented children and young adults in Gothenburg, Sweden: everyday life and expectations

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

   Author : Ana Laura Rivera Cárdenas; [2013-06-25]
   Keywords : undocumented children; undocumented young adults; child rights perspective; everyday life; symbolic interactionism; interpreter -aided research;

   Abstract : This research elicits how undocumented children and young adults construct and experience their everyday life in Gothenburg, Sweden. The construction or lack of construction of a future depending on a non citizenship is analyzed and considered to be the point of departure for other researchers willing to imbue themselves in the erection of intercultural societies where undocumented migrants´ rights can be guaranteed and respected. READ MORE