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Social Interactions between Immigrants and Host Country Populations: A Country-of-Origin Perspective
Gsir, Sonia
2014
 

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Keywords :
social interaction; diaspora policies; countries of origin; interethnic relations; transnational activities; neighbourhood
Abstract :
[en] This paper aims at exploring how countries of origin can affect migrants’ socio-cultural integration in multicultural European societies. Socio-cultural integration is considered through the lenses of different kinds of social interactions between migrants and host society namely: intermarriages, interethnic friendship, interethnic relations in workplaces, and encounters in the neighbourhood. The literature review highlighted that these social interactions prove to depend on a multiplicity of factors related mainly to the destination country (such as residential segregation, degree of racism and acceptance, opportunities for encounters and neighbourhood effects) and of individual factors related to the migrant (such as demographic characteristics, migration trajectory and length of residence and work position). The impact of countries of origin and transnational links is more difficult to assess considering that little research has directly dealt with the issue. However, the paper shows that some non-state actors such as family members and some state-actors such as Ministries or consulates, may have an influence on the social interactions of emigrants abroad even though this influence can be indirect. The paper tries to map actors and related actions including very specific cases like family pressure to discourage intermarriage or broader ones through programmes targeting diaspora which may have an empowerment effect on emigrants and thus foster their socio-cultural integration. Finally, through the paper, some specific case studies on transnational ties and integration are presented and several hypotheses and questions for further research are highlighted.
Disciplines :
Sociology & social sciences
Author, co-author :
Gsir, Sonia ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Institut des sciences humaines et sociales > Centre d'études de l'ethnicité et des migrations (CEDEM)
Language :
English
Title :
Social Interactions between Immigrants and Host Country Populations: A Country-of-Origin Perspective
Publication date :
2014
Publisher :
European University Institute, Florence, Italy
Number of pages :
32
Commissioned by :
Migration Policy Centre
Name of the research project :
INT
Funders :
EU - European Commission
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