Search for dissertations about: "asylum-seekers"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 30 swedish dissertations containing the word asylum-seekers.

  2. 1. The Governance of Missing Asylum-Seekers in Sweden : Managing "Missingness" Through Different Technologies of Power

    Author : Anna Hammarstedt; Mark Rhinard; Tom Lundborg; Charlotte Wagnsson; Mark B. Salter; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; missingness; Swedish asylum regime; asylum-seekers; Foucault; technologies of power; internationella relationer; International Relations;

    Abstract : For a highly controlled and comprehensive welfare state such as Sweden, one can assume that incorporating populations into a system of bureaucratic management (and keeping them there) is paramount to its overall functioning. Either subjects are incorporated into the system and thereby managed, or subjects are expelled from the system and no longer managed. READ MORE

  4. 2. Health assessments of asylum seekers within the Swedish healthcare system : a study of the interface between control and care, and how structure and procedures may influence access and coverage

    Author : Robert Jonzon; Anna-Karin Hurtig; Eva Johansson; Pille Lindkvist; Michael Knipper; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Public health; migration; asylum seekers; health system; health assessment; control and care; Sweden; Folkhälsa; migration; asylsökande; hälsosystem; hälsoundersökning; kontroll och vård; Sverige; Public health; folkhälsa;

    Abstract : Background: Despite lack of evidence, there is a common notion that diseases are brought along with migrants, and thus a threat to people in the host country. In Sweden asylum seekers are to be offered a health assessment (HA), but national statistics show that the coverage is less than 50%. READ MORE

  5. 3. Daily occupations among asylum seekers- Experience, performance and perception

    Author : Anne-Le Morville; Hållbar vardag och hälsa i ett livsperspektiv; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Occupational deprivation; occupational dysfunction; asylum seeker; refugee; torture; satisfaction with daily occupations; occupational performance; health; rehabilitation; Occupational deprivation;

    Abstract : Asylum seekers often find themselves in a situation where the structure and content of daily occupations have been disrupted and they might have limited access to paid work and education. Studies have shown that asylum seekers experience occupational depri- vation and a change in daily occupations which might even influence their identity. READ MORE

  6. 4. Seeking empowerment : asylum-seeking refugees from Afghanistan in Sweden

    Author : Jonny Bergman; Lars Dahlgren; Åsa Gustafson; Peo Hansen; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; asylum-seekers; refugees; refugee migration; empowerment; grounded theory; constructionist grounded theory; Afghanistan; Swedish asylum policy; Sociology; Sociologi; sociologi; Sociology;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to contribute to the understanding of how asylum-seeking refugees manage their lives in the situation they are in, a situation in which they are dependent and have to wait for decisions on whether or not they will get to stay in the country in which they have made their application for asylum.  The elaboration upon these questions and the purpose of the study is approached through a field study of asylum-seeking refugees from Afghanistan in Sweden. READ MORE

  7. 5. Mental Health and Quality of Life Among Individuals in Asylum Accommodations : Screening and Intervention

    Author : Anna Leiler; Ingrid Zakrisson; Anna Bjärtå; Elisabet Wasteson; Sofie Bäärnhielm; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; mental health; quality of life; refugees; asylum seekers; screening; intervention;

    Abstract : Refugees have often experienced traumatic events that could be classified as disasters before leaving their home countries. They are further distressed by difficult experiences while in flight and after reaching the new country. READ MORE