The theme of the work is very central and is often addressed during debates, in the media and in general in society. Second-generation immigrants may find it difficult to understand the conflicts that exist around fitting into a society and shaping themselves according to social reality. Therefore, the aim of this study is to highlight, on the basis of second-generation immigrants with roots in the Balkans, the concept of identity that is formed at the intersection of the values of the majority society and the cultural background of immigrant parents.  This study consists of primary data through qualitative, semi-structured interviews. Interview technology is based on predetermined questions based on my chosen themes. The chosen theoretical perspectives include: Symbolic Interactionism and the impact of ethnicity in social interaction. The conclusions of this study are that second-generation immigrants are being squeezed with their cultural affiliation because they cannot be fully accepted, either in Sweden or in their parents home country. Furthermore, second-generation immigrants are formed on the basis of both their parents cultural background and the majority society.

The research mainly carried out on the Syrian immigrants in Sweden who are working in Swedish society and also living with their families. The primary objective is to find out how the Syrian immigrants combine their work-life as well as family life in Sweden and also the difficulties they are facing. It is mainly a qualitative study and the data has been collected from the five in-depth interviews immigrant those who are living in Halmstad, Sweden for five to six years. The collected data depend on the idea such as involvement in working life, social integration, and involvement in family life, communication with a particular community, health, and lifestyle as well as religious factors. Sweden is one of the multi-cultural countries in the world where equality between persons to persons is emphasized everywhere. Besides, immigrants are contributing to the development of different sectors. Nevertheless, people from another country like Syrian immigrants are living in Sweden and they are involved in different organizations. Besides, they are integrated with the Swedish work life and family life. The interpretation of the collected data is based on the health and lifestyle theory (Cocker-ham. 2005) and acculturation theory (Sam and berry, 2006). The interpretation resulted in four main themes such as work-life, family life, social identity, and the difficulties Syrian immigrants are facing. The study presents various perspectives of Syrian immigrant’s work life and family life in Sweden and the problem they are facing. The results show different factors of Syrian refugee’s lifestyle and the process they are leading their work life as well as family life. The result of the study can be used in future research projects to understand the life of Syrian immigrants in Sweden.

The aim of this study is to explore the experiences of some young adults that have grown up in two Millionprogramme neighbourhoods of Malmö. The study is based on eleven semi-structured interviews with five young women and six young men revolving around friends, family, education, and work. The study uses the concept of social capital in analysing the informant's experiences. The paper considers various theories on social capital, but pays a closer attention on the interplay of different forms of capital as explained by Pierre Bourdieu. Hence, looking closely at the social, cultural and symbolic resources as forms of 'capital' and their convertibility into other resources, the study acknowledges the interplay between all forms of capital enabling advantage or overcoming disadvantages. It shows that both symbolic and cultural capital has a strong impact on the building of social networks. Cultural capital, manifesting itself in different ways; way of thinking, behaving, taste of music or clothes, way of speaking etc, – depending on its symbolic value in a society – may enable or hinder groups of people to advantage or overcoming disadvantage.

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In the field of migration and development the economic impact of remittances is emphasized more often. The thesis examines remittances regarding social aspects as an important part of migration and development. The main aim is to understand the process of transfer of social remittances between Vietnamese living in the Czech Republic and their family members living in Vietnam. The important theoretical background of this thesis is the concept of social remittances. The process of transferring social remittances is scrutinized through semi- structured in-depth interviews with Vietnamese migrants and their family members in Vietnam. The paper describes the social remittances that are generated by transnational Vietnamese migrants in the Czech Republic and under what conditions the remittances were or were not accepted by their family members in Vietnam. The work uses a qualitative approach for data analysis that allows an insight into the lives of examined individuals. The results reflect the perspective of migrants and their family members. It is apparent that the context of migrants and their personal characteristics and skills - language abilities, length of stay in the destination country, extent of financial stability and level of education - plays an important role in the process of...

This study investigates the state of the public debate in Swedish mainstream media on the right to asylum. The study combines Bacchi's WPR(What’s the problem represented to be)-analysis with Hallin’s sphere theory to compare the discourse on the right to asylum in editorials in three Swedish newspapers, with different political profiles, in the five months leading up to the elections in 2018 and 2022, respectively. The results of the study show no clear difference between the two years, but, in both years, a clear difference between the conservative moderate newspaper SvD and the liberal newspaper DN, where indications show the right to asylum in Hallin’s sphere of consensus in DN and in Hallin’s sphere of legitimate controversy in SvD. Also in Aftonbladet are indications of the right to asylum being in Hallin's sphere of consensus, though conclusions are harder to draw, due to the scarcity of the material.

This thesis investigates strategies of digital activism pursued by Indigenous activists in the age of Reconciliation in Canada. The point of departure is the relationship between Indigenous people and the settler establishment, which has been historically informed by several attempts to assimilate the Natives into the white majority. Discarding the integration concept in IMER research as colonial, this study focuses instead on anticolonial advocacy strategies pursued through Indigenous knowledge within digital environments. It does so by adopting digital ethnography as method and conducting participant observation of one selected Indigenous association on Instagram. In line with these premises, Indigenous theories are operationalized into a context-specific analytical framework. This approach leads to two overarching results. On the one hand, four recurrent motifs are identified as key in Indigenous digital advocacy in the age of Reconciliation in Canada. On the other hand, a full set of anticolonial strategies is recognized as the alternative response to Reconciliation.

The purpose of this essay is to examine the discourses that come in contact with the word “segregation” in the news and what it stems to. Because of the potential power that the news has over steering discourses it’s important to question your sources, to get an accurate picture of the world. In Sweden, there’s a broad housing segregation that is often covered in the news, and we seldom have power to choose how we take in information when it is presented to ourselves in a certain way. Seeing what the news deems as important shows us what we are presented with as important.  Aftonbladet, Dagens Nyheter and Svenska Dagbladet were chosen because of a number of factors, but the most important is that they are well-established newspapers that vary in the political spectrum. Both a quantitative and qualitative approach is used. This to get a deeper understanding of the material. By using a discourse analysis it’s not only the content that is analyzed, but it also takes the context, existing hegemonies and our familiarity to the subject into consideration. Therefore, a critical discourse analysis is applied on the material, not only to read the material, but to understand it.  The conclusion is that there are some hegemonic tendencies in the material, and a one-sided perspective. People in segregated areas are more often than not described as immigrants and individuals with other ethnicities that are unemployed. Also described with limited resources and capabilities to escape their socio-economic situation. It’s concluded that the one-sided picture shown is harmful.

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This study examines the integration of female refugees who struggle to establish themselves in their new homes. Integration is widely researched in the field of migration, however the female perspective in African countries is minimally present in this debate. A focus is placed on barriers to their integration, and whether this affects their social and economic integration. Remaining obstacles to integration for refugees can be overcome by incorporating the female perspective into which barriers they face in integrating into their community. To the author’s knowledge, research in female refugee integration in Tanzania is scarcely produced in the academic field. Recent figures published by the World Bank (2020) showsthat the number of female migrants in the Sub-Saharan region was 48.3%. This number will only increase in the coming decades, particularly in Africa (Rubiano-Matulevich and Beegle, 2018). Therefore, investigating females' needs in this region proves critical to improving integration in the years to come. Refugee integration is the academic topic underpinning the context of this research. This topic fits into the category of peace and development because the subjects studied link into the economic, social, and political development of the area and region they are living in. The research is conducted employing a qualitative approach with semi-structured interviews with stakeholders and key informants in Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. The information they reveal in the interviews are used as data. The data is transcribed and coded into thematic subheadings in the results chapter. Ager and Strang’s (2008) integration framework in conjunction with intersectional feminist theory are the frameworks used to help analyse the data. Limitations arose from participants being unwilling to answer some questions because of the nature of the topic.  The research revealed that women and girl refugees experience barriers to integration in domains of their health, security, infrastructure, and livelihoods. Poor nutritional standards and inadequate infrastructure leave females with excess struggles as refugees. This is the case because of the intersecting categories they are placed in regarding their gender, age, and status as refugee. Improved facilities and responses to refugees that are gender specific is a way to improve integration outcomes for female refugees in Tanzania.