Doctoral Dissertation Research: The Impact of Immigration Policies on Refugee Integration Experiences: A Comparative Analysis

该项目的问题是：难民融入和适应如何在不同的政策背景下发挥作用？为什么一个东道国的难民比另一个东道国的难民认为自己的未来更好？该项目比较了不同国家的难民，原因有两个。首先，各国政府在难民融入政策方面存在差异。他们为难民在经济、社会、文化和法律方面的参与分配了不同数量的资源。第二，移民和难民融入社会的成功程度因收容社会而异。采用国际比较研究设计来审查这一专题，将有助于形成对难民的反应的类型学，以及融合机制的异同。这项研究将发现什么在这些国家运行得好，什么运行得不好，以及为什么。在这个定性项目中，收集数据的主要方法将是深入访谈叙利亚难民和其他主要信息提供人，包括从事难民工作的组织的代表。将对每个国家--加拿大、德国、土耳其和美国--的至少20名叙利亚难民进行采访，每个国家还将进行大约5次关键的线人采访。采访将在每个国家的重要难民目的地进行：多伦多、布法罗、伊斯坦布尔和柏林。将采用有目的的滚雪球抽样方法招募受访者。所有采访都将用数字录音机进行录音，并完全转录。每一份转录都将在定性数据分析软件包atlas.ti的帮助下，使用标准的定性方法进行分析，根据数据归纳建立代码和主题，以得出结论和结论。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project asks: How does refugee integration and adaptation play out within different policy contexts? Why do refugees in one host country perceive a better future for themselves than refugees in another host country? The project compares refugees in different countries for two reasons. First, governments vary in terms of refugee integration policies. They allocate different amounts of resources for the economic, social, cultural, and legal participation of refugees. Second, the degree of success in the integration of immigrants and refugees varies by host societies. Examining this topic using an international comparative study design will allow for the development of a typology of reactions to refugees, as well as similarities and differences in the mechanisms of integration. This research will discover what works well and less well in the countries, and why. The primary method of data collection in this qualitative project will be via in-depth interviews with Syrian refugees and other key informants including representatives of organizations who work with refugees. Interviews will be conducted with at least twenty Syrian refugees in each country--Canada, Germany, Turkey and the United States--in addition to about five key informant interviews per country. Interviews will take place in important refugee destinations in each country: Toronto; Buffalo; Istanbul; and Berlin. A purposive snowball sampling method will be used to recruit respondents. All interviews will be voice-recorded with a digital recorder and fully transcribed. Each transcription will be analyzed using standard qualitative methods with the help of atlas.ti, a qualitative data analysis software package, to inductively establish codes and themes from the data to derive findings and draw conclusions.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.