<p>Uppsatsen syftar till att undersöka om ett aktivt deltagande i en religiös gemenskap kan påverka integrationsprocessen, d v s nyinflyttade utländska personers möjligheter att känna sig delaktiga i en för dem helt ny form av kultur och samhälle. Jag har avgränsat mig till att fokusera på de nyanlända flyktingarnas uppfattning om detta. Vad tror de själva om den religiösa gemenskapens betydelse för integration? Att göra en studie som mer direkt visar på om deltagande i religiös gemenskap har betydelse för integration anser jag kräver betydligt mer omfattande undersökningar under en längre period, med t ex jämförelser av hur de nyanlända flyktingarna efter en viss tid uppnått ett för dem positivt deltagande i det svenska samhället ställt i relation till deltagande/icke deltagande i en religiös gemenskap.</p><p>Syftet med uppsatsen är att söka kunskap om nyanlända utländska medborgare i Sverige upplever att ett deltagande i en religiös gemenskap har betydelse för deras möjligheter till deltagande i den nya samhällskontext man kommit till, d v s om ett aktivt deltagande i religiös gemenskap påverkar integrationen. Förutom den psykologiska dimensionen - anser man den religiösa gemenskapen ha en praktisk funktion i en ny samhällskontext? Detta har lett till följande frågeställningar;</p><p>· Vilka förutsättningar och möjligheter har målgruppen att praktisera sin religiösa tro?</p><p>· Hur uppfattar målgruppen den religiösa gemenskapens funktion? Uppfattar man den som en inre angelägenhet, som en yttre angelägenhet eller både och?</p>

The aim of this study was to reach an understanding of how young adults with permanent residence permit, who came to Sweden as unaccompanied asylum seeking minors, experience their confrontation with the Swedish society. Another purpose was to understand how these young adults view Sweden and its inhabitants, as well as the experience of starting a new life in Sweden. In order to investigate these questions, a qualitative method consisting of five interviews with five young men was conducted. The results showed that the respondents feared the meeting with the immigration board and that they feel that school is divided in two groups, Swedes and immigrants. People with nonethnic Swedish background who have lived in Sweden for a long time are seen as Swedes, and in that meaning assimilated. One important conclusion we made was that the division between Swedes and immigrants have a negative influence on the immigrants´ integration in the society. Another conclusion is that school has to take more responsibility to give the children a more meaningful life.

In 2006 there was a change in LMA (1994:37) that clarified the division of responsibility be-tween the Migration Board and the municipalities, concerning unaccompanied children. The social services should now be utmost responsible for the housing and care of these children, to assure that they gain the same standards and rights as all other children. The aim of this essay has been to examine how the division of responsibility has influenced the work of the social services and how they interpret their responsibility for the unaccompanied children. How do the social services investigate and make decisions concerning these children? Do these chil-dren have the same rights as other children? To answer these questions a legal study was made, followed by qualitative research interviews with four social services that receive unac-companied children. The study was made from a legal sociologist perspective, which involves analyzing the results from the interviews with the legal results, together with earlier research on unaccompanied children. The results show that the division of responsibility still is indis-tinct and that the investigations concerning these children often are brief and simplified. In two of the interviewed municipalities the view was that unaccompanied children did not have the right to efforts according to SoL (2001:453), which in practice means that the unaccom-panied children are discriminated.

In 2006 there was a change in LMA (1994:37) that clarified the division of responsibility be-tween the Migration Board and the municipalities, concerning unaccompanied children. The social services should now be utmost responsible for the housing and care of these children, to assure that they gain the same standards and rights as all other children. The aim of this essay has been to examine how the division of responsibility has influenced the work of the social services and how they interpret their responsibility for the unaccompanied children. How do the social services investigate and make decisions concerning these children? Do these chil-dren have the same rights as other children? To answer these questions a legal study was made, followed by qualitative research interviews with four social services that receive unac-companied children. The study was made from a legal sociologist perspective, which involves analyzing the results from the interviews with the legal results, together with earlier research on unaccompanied children. The results show that the division of responsibility still is indis-tinct and that the investigations concerning these children often are brief and simplified. In two of the interviewed municipalities the view was that unaccompanied children did not have the right to efforts according to SoL (2001:453), which in practice means that the unaccom-panied children are discriminated.

Background and aim: The number of refugees and unaccompanied children are increasing in Sweden and these people belong to one of the groups that are at higher risk for developing suicidal behavior. At the same time the lack of research on the subject is mentioned several times by different sources. The aim of this study is therefore to investigate suicidal behavior among young refugees between the ages 13 to 18 years in Sweden, from personnel experiences in social services. Method: We have chosen a qualitative approach with seven narrative interviews that each lasted for about one hour and were recorded. The interview guide was semi structured. The respondents in this study consist of one student counselor, workers from two child psychiatry departments and four different residential care homes for unaccompanied children and young persons. Results and conclusions: The respondents had the understanding that young refugees have been through a lot, lost their families and experienced difficult traumas and a tough refuge. The result from the collected data showed that the personnel thought the cause of the suicidal behavior is the long wait during the asylum process, the trauma they have experienced and lack of social networks. Suicidal behaviors among the young refugees were often thoughts and suicide attempts with pills, through self-starving, hanging, or cutting themselves. We have noticed an opinion that a connection between being a refugee and suicide is possible and that a shorter asylum process might help reduce the suicidal behavior among young refugees. / Bakgrund och syfte: Antalet flyktingar och ensamkommande barn ökar i Sverige och dessa människor tillhör en av de grupper som löper större risk att utveckla självmordsbeteende. Samtidigt nämns bristen på forskning inom ämnet av olika källor. Syftet med denna studie är därför att undersöka självmordsbeteende bland unga flyktingar i åldern 13 och 18 år i Sverige, från personals upplevelser i sociala verksamheter. Metod: Vi har valt en kvalitativ ansats med sju narrativa intervjuer, ungefär en timme långa vardera och bandinspelade med diktafon. Intervjuguiden var semistrukturerad. Respondenterna i denna studie utgörs av en kurator, personal från två avdelningar inom barnpsykiatrin (BUP) och fyra olika hem för vård eller boende (HVB-hem) för ensamkommande barn och ungdomar. Resultat och slutsatser: Intervjupersonerna hade uppfattningen att unga flyktingar har gått igenom mycket, förlorat sina familjer och erfarit svåra trauman och en besvärlig flykt till Sverige. Resultatet från insamlad data visade att personalen trodde att orsaken till självmordsbeteende är den långa väntan under asylprocessen, det trauma som de har upplevt och brist på socialt nätverk. Självmordsbeteende bland unga flyktingar var ofta tankar och självmordsförsök genom tabletter, självsvält, hängning eller genom att skära sig. Vi har uppmärksammat respondenters åsikter om att en koppling mellan självmord och att vara flykting är möjlig och att en kortare asylprocess kan bidra till att minska självmordsbeteende bland unga flyktingar.

Denna uppsats är en kritisk diskursanalys vars syfte är att studera hur begreppet “barnets bästa” används och tolkas i asylprocessen för ensamkommande barn. Jag har undersökt hur de tjänstemän som fattar beslut om asyl i fall med ensamkommande barn formulerar föreställningar om ”barnets bästa” och hur begreppet förhåller sig till andra begrepp i den diskursiva praktiken. Detta har jag gjort genom att dels analysera de styrdokument som ska ligga till grund för besluten och dels beslut ifrån migrationsverket och domar ifrån  migrationsdomstolarna. Det som utifrån min analys går att se är att ”barnets bästa” fylls med mening utifrån regelverk och styrdokument. Det framgår även att principen om ”barnets bästa” konkurrerar med andra samhälleliga intressen som t.ex. ”reglerad invandring”. Det har även framkommit att det förekommer en maktrelation mellan regelverk och tjänsteman samt mellan tjänsteman och barn. / This essay is a critical discourse analysis which purpose is to investigate how the principle of “In the Child's Best Interest” is used and interpreted in the work with children without custodians seeking asylum. I have investigated how the workers at the migration board who make decisions about asylum for children without custodians formulates conceptions about “In the Child's Best Interest” and how the concept relates to other concepts within the discourse. This, I have done through an analysis of documents and policies that underlies and grounds the decisions about asylum and decisions from the migration board and from migration court. My analysis shows, that “In the Child's Best Interest” is a concepts which is made meaningful by the rules and policy documents. Also, it is shown that the principle of “In the Child's Best Interest” is related to other interests of society such as”regulated migration”. Moreover, the analysis shows that there is a power relationship between policy documents but also between the workers at the migration board and the child.

Uppsatsen syftar till att undersöka om ett aktivt deltagande i en religiös gemenskap kan påverka integrationsprocessen, d v s nyinflyttade utländska personers möjligheter att känna sig delaktiga i en för dem helt ny form av kultur och samhälle. Jag har avgränsat mig till att fokusera på de nyanlända flyktingarnas uppfattning om detta. Vad tror de själva om den religiösa gemenskapens betydelse för integration? Att göra en studie som mer direkt visar på om deltagande i religiös gemenskap har betydelse för integration anser jag kräver betydligt mer omfattande undersökningar under en längre period, med t ex jämförelser av hur de nyanlända flyktingarna efter en viss tid uppnått ett för dem positivt deltagande i det svenska samhället ställt i relation till deltagande/icke deltagande i en religiös gemenskap. Syftet med uppsatsen är att söka kunskap om nyanlända utländska medborgare i Sverige upplever att ett deltagande i en religiös gemenskap har betydelse för deras möjligheter till deltagande i den nya samhällskontext man kommit till, d v s om ett aktivt deltagande i religiös gemenskap påverkar integrationen. Förutom den psykologiska dimensionen - anser man den religiösa gemenskapen ha en praktisk funktion i en ny samhällskontext? Detta har lett till följande frågeställningar; · Vilka förutsättningar och möjligheter har målgruppen att praktisera sin religiösa tro? · Hur uppfattar målgruppen den religiösa gemenskapens funktion? Uppfattar man den som en inre angelägenhet, som en yttre angelägenhet eller både och?

This study is aimed to increase the knowledge about the Swedish immigration authorities’ assessment of the asylum applications based on particularly distressing circumstances, submitted by disabled undocumented migrants. Making an attempt to explain the reasons of asylum-seekers’ health deterioration during the asylum process, this study determines the factors in migration authorities proceedings affecting such deterioration. Documents in five personal files concerning six disabled asylum-seekers, whose applications were declined, were studied by applying two observational methods: content analysis of the documents in the personal files and non-participant observations made during receptions of undocumented migrants at the Swedish Asylum Committee. The results of the study have shown that migration authorities' way of applying the principle of child’s best interests have a declarative character, while the disability perspective is completely ignored. The migrations authorities make free interpretations of the information on the countries of asylum-seekers' origin, while adaptation to Swedish conditions does not work at all as cause for residence permit. Advocates, who neglect their prior duties, have also a negative influence on the asylum process. Analyzed from the perspective of appropriate sociological concepts, the results of this study have shown that the above mentioned observations cause disabled undocumented migrants health deterioration.

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During the 20 century millions of people have escaped from war, threat against their human rights, economic injustices and pursuit. The great numbers of fleeing people have lead to difficulties in asylum investigation in the countries, which receive the asylum seekers. Sweden is a country, which has ratified the Genéveconvention 1954, and receives the asylum seekers. The great numbers of asylum seekers have caused among other things long time of waiting for the asylum seekers, sometimes up to 2-3 years. This implies some consequences both for the asylum seeker and for the community. The purpose of the study is to explore how the asylum errands are treated and to elucidate possible problems with implementing the asylum politics in Sweden. This study addresses three questions. Through these questions I want to explain the reasons for the long waiting time for asylum seekers and consequences of these both for the community and the asylum seekers.