“I just try my best to make them happy”: the role of intra-familial relationships of care in the integration of reunited refugee families
Migration through managed routes such as spousal and work visas has been conceptualized as being a pragmatic choice driven by the needs of families rather than individuals. In contrast, studies of refugee integration post-migration have tended to analyse integration processes through the perspective...
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| description | Migration through managed routes such as spousal and work visas has been conceptualized as being a pragmatic choice driven by the needs of families rather than individuals. In contrast, studies of refugee integration post-migration have tended to analyse integration processes through the perspective of the individual rather than through a family lens. Drawing from data collection using a social connections mapping tool methodology with recently reunited refugee families supported by a third sector integration service in the UK, in this paper the author makes a valuable contribution to addressing this theoretical gap. The author explores the ambivalent ways in which family relationships, and the care that flows between family members, influence emotional, and practical aspects of refugees' integration. Empirically the inclusion of accounts from people occupying different positions within their families, including from children, adds depth to our understanding of integration from a refugee perspective. Conceptually, the paper argues that a focus on familial relationships of care re-positions refugees not as passive recipients of care, but active and agentive subjects who offer care to others. The paper ends with a call for integration to be understood in a family way that fully encompasses the opportunities and limitations offered by familial care. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e63b97d866744e06839961de4b3928152023-09-28T05:54:10ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Human Dynamics2673-27262023-09-01510.3389/fhumd.2023.12486341248634“I just try my best to make them happy”: the role of intra-familial relationships of care in the integration of reunited refugee familiesHelen BaillotMigration through managed routes such as spousal and work visas has been conceptualized as being a pragmatic choice driven by the needs of families rather than individuals. In contrast, studies of refugee integration post-migration have tended to analyse integration processes through the perspective of the individual rather than through a family lens. Drawing from data collection using a social connections mapping tool methodology with recently reunited refugee families supported by a third sector integration service in the UK, in this paper the author makes a valuable contribution to addressing this theoretical gap. The author explores the ambivalent ways in which family relationships, and the care that flows between family members, influence emotional, and practical aspects of refugees' integration. Empirically the inclusion of accounts from people occupying different positions within their families, including from children, adds depth to our understanding of integration from a refugee perspective. Conceptually, the paper argues that a focus on familial relationships of care re-positions refugees not as passive recipients of care, but active and agentive subjects who offer care to others. The paper ends with a call for integration to be understood in a family way that fully encompasses the opportunities and limitations offered by familial care.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fhumd.2023.1248634/fullrefugeefamily reunioncareintegrationmigration |
| spellingShingle | Helen Baillot “I just try my best to make them happy”: the role of intra-familial relationships of care in the integration of reunited refugee families Frontiers in Human Dynamics refugee family reunion care integration migration |
| title | “I just try my best to make them happy”: the role of intra-familial relationships of care in the integration of reunited refugee families |
| title_full | “I just try my best to make them happy”: the role of intra-familial relationships of care in the integration of reunited refugee families |
| title_fullStr | “I just try my best to make them happy”: the role of intra-familial relationships of care in the integration of reunited refugee families |
| title_full_unstemmed | “I just try my best to make them happy”: the role of intra-familial relationships of care in the integration of reunited refugee families |
| title_short | “I just try my best to make them happy”: the role of intra-familial relationships of care in the integration of reunited refugee families |
| title_sort | i just try my best to make them happy the role of intra familial relationships of care in the integration of reunited refugee families |
| topic | refugee family reunion care integration migration |
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