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Experiences of Social Security and Prospects for Long Term Settlement in Scotland amongst Migrants from Central Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Union

中东欧和前苏联移民在苏格兰的社会保障经验与长期定居前景

基本信息

批准号：
ES/J007374/1
负责人：
Rebecca Kay
金额：
$ 116.17万
依托单位：
University of Glasgow
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2013
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2013 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FJ007374%2F1
关键词：
Experiences Social Security Prospects Long

项目摘要

Patterns of migration have changed dramatically over the last 20 years and increased freedom of movement for people living in countries once separated from western Europe by 'the iron curtain' has played an important part in this. The UK has seen new flows of migration coming from Central Eastern Europe and other parts of the former 'Soviet bloc'. Within the UK, Scotland presents a particularly interesting and distinctive case, due to: the specifics of its economic and demographic situation, related political discussion of the need for migration, and the division of responsibilities between UK and Scottish parliaments and local authorities for migration. Both the Scottish Executive and many local authorities have expressed a wish to attract and retain migrant workers. However, challenges have also been highlighted relating to demand for and adequacy of service provision. Meanwhile the experiences and perspectives of migrants themselves remain little understood. This project aims to study perspectives and experiences of 'social security' amongst migrants from Central Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union in Scotland. Through its long-term and deep engagement with migrant communities, the project will deliver significant new and original empirical data. It will generate important new academic insight through its innovative synthesis of existing theoretical frameworks. Moreover, the project proposes a groundbreaking approach to developing practical and policy outcomes and solutions through the use of a participatory action research approach. A first phase of research will identify key themes and areas of concern, drawing particularly on the experiences and perspectives of migrants themselves. This will be followed by the phase of participatory action research, during which we will work directly with migrants, migrant organisations, policy makers, service providers and employers to develop practical projects addressing particular issues. The process of developing these projects will be evaluated as will their short, medium and long-term outcomes with a view to determining 'best practice' and the potential for replication in broader local, regional and national contexts. We use 'social security' to mean the ways in which migrants are able to make themselves socially, economically, personally and culturally secure in a new environment and their strategies for dealing with every day risks. The project will examine the ways in which migrants' experiences and perspectives on 'social security' affect their longer term intentions regarding settlement in Scotland. Migrants' experiences and needs differ depending on their levels of education and skill, the kinds of work they do, their language abilities, their age, which country they come from, whether they are male or female and which part of Scotland they have come to live and work in. Levels of service provision, local economic and demographic needs and local community perceptions of and responses to migration differ quite markedly between, for example, large cities and more remote rural areas. These differences also impact on migrants' experiences and aspirations. The project will pay attention to these various forms of diversity. The research will be conducted in eight locations in Scotland: two cities (Glasgow and Aberdeen) two medium-sized towns (Peterhead and Arbroath) and four more remote rural locations in Aberdeenshire and Angus. In each location, the project will explore the different kinds of resources, networks, structures and services which migrants draw on in order to make themselves materially and emotionally secure within the places where they live and work. It will also tease out which aspects and perceptions of security (economic, personal, cultural, social) are deemed particularly important by migrants and how these influence migrants' decisions to settle in a particular location, to move on, or to return to their countries of origin.

过去 20 年来，移民模式发生了巨大变化，生活在曾经被“铁幕”与西欧隔开的国家的人们的行动自由的增加在其中发挥了重要作用。英国出现了来自中东欧和前“苏联集团”其他地区的新移民潮。在英国境内，苏格兰呈现出一个特别有趣且独特的案例，原因在于：其经济和人口状况的具体情况、有关移民需求的相关政治讨论，以及英国和苏格兰议会以及地方当局在移民问题上的责任分工。苏格兰行政院和许多地方当局都表示希望吸引和留住移民工人。然而，与服务需求和服务提供充分性相关的挑战也凸显出来。与此同时，移民本身的经历和观点仍然鲜为人知。该项目旨在研究苏格兰中东欧和前苏联移民的“社会保障”观点和经验。通过与移民社区的长期深入接触，该项目将提供重要的新的、原创的经验数据。它将通过对现有理论框架的创新综合产生重要的新学术见解。此外，该项目提出了一种突破性的方法，通过使用参与性行动研究方法来制定实际和政策成果和解决方案。第一阶段的研究将确定关键主题和关注领域，特别是借鉴移民本身的经验和观点。接下来将进入参与性行动研究阶段，在此期间我们将直接与移民、移民组织、政策制定者、服务提供商和雇主合作，制定解决特定问题的实际项目。将评估这些项目的开发过程及其短期、中期和长期成果，以确定“最佳实践”以及在更广泛的地方、区域和国家背景下复制的潜力。我们用“社会保障”来指移民在新环境中使自己在社会、经济、个人和文化上获得安全的方式以及他们应对日常风险的策略。该项目将研究移民的经历和对“社会保障”的看法如何影响他们在苏格兰定居的长期意图。移民的经历和需求因他们的教育和技能水平、从事的工作种类、语言能力、年龄、来自哪个国家、男性还是女性以及他们来到苏格兰的哪个地区生活和工作而有所不同。服务提供水平、当地经济和人口需求以及当地社区对移民的看法和反应在大城市和较偏远的农村地区之间存在显着差异。这些差异也会影响移民的经历和愿望。该项目将关注这些不同形式的多样性。该研究将在苏格兰的八个地点进行：两个城市（格拉斯哥和阿伯丁）、两个中型城镇（彼得黑德和阿布罗斯）以及阿伯丁郡和安格斯的四个偏远农村地区。在每个地点，该项目将探索移民利用的不同类型的资源、网络、结构和服务，以便使自己在生活和工作的地方获得物质和情感上的安全。它还将梳理出移民认为安全的哪些方面和观念（经济、个人、文化、社会）特别重要，以及这些方面和观念如何影响移民在特定地点定居、继续前进或返回原籍国的决定。