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Migrants/Refugees: Issues of Care, Integration and Belonging
Migrants/Refugees: Issues of Care, Integration and Belonging
Abstract Submissions Closed
Saturday, 27 February 2021: 09:00-10:30
Location:
RC46 Clinical Sociology (host committee)
Language: English
Session Type: Oral
For many migrants, the return to the homeland can be fraught with several challenges, particularly those dealing with re-integration. While some countries have addressed these kinds of issues on a policy level, problems still remain especially with regards to the emotional and psychosocial well-being of returnees. The financial stability of these returnees can also be an issue particularly for those migrants who regularly send economic remittances to their families, but fail to have their own savings. This session invites papers that address or have addressed the issue of migrant re-integration by looking at best practices carried out by NGOs, volunteer groups, migrant groups, and other organisations. How have community-based groups and NGOs addressed the re-integration of returnees, particularly on a psychosocial level? Are there programs that educate migrants (particularly labour migrants) in financial literacy, entrepreneurship, and knowledge on savings and investment that would enable them to be financially self-sufficient upon their return? How do non-governmental entities address migrant re-integration when government policy is lacking in this aspect? What is the significance of socio-cultural change in the home country in the crafting of practices and interventions to address the re-integration of these individuals? This session would like to encourage discussion on this issue and hopes to incorporate several examples from different parts of the globe.
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