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

该项目的问题是：难民融合和适应如何在不同的政策背景下发挥作用？为什么一个收容国的难民比另一个收容国的难民认为自己有更好的未来？该项目比较不同国家的难民有两个原因。首先，各国政府在难民融合政策方面各不相同。它们为难民的经济、社会、文化和法律的参与分配了不同数额的资源。第二，移民和难民融入社会的成功程度因东道国社会而异。采用国际比较研究设计审查这一专题，将有助于对难民问题的反应以及融合机制的异同进行分类。这项研究将发现在这些国家，哪些工作做得好，哪些工作做得不好，以及为什么。在这个定性项目中，数据收集的主要方法将是通过与叙利亚难民和其他关键信息提供者（包括与难民合作的组织的代表）进行深入访谈。除了每个国家大约五个关键的线人采访外，还将在每个国家--加拿大、德国、土耳其和美国--至少对20名叙利亚难民进行采访。访谈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。将采用有目的的雪球抽样方法招募受访者。所有的采访都将用数字录音机录音，并完全转录。每个转录将使用标准的定性方法进行分析的帮助下，atlas.ti，定性数据分析软件包，归纳建立代码和主题的数据，以获得发现和得出结论。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得支持的评估使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准。

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.