Search for dissertations about: "refugees"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 113 swedish dissertations containing the word refugees.
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6. The state of ambiguity: Studies of gypsy refugees
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7. Time Warps : Refugees and the Experience of Waiting in Rural Sweden
Abstract : This thesis explores the ways in which refugees’ experience of time is warped when they come to Sweden. It is based on fourteen months of ethnographic fieldwork in Avesta, a small municipality in rural Sweden. READ MORE
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8. International Law and the Rescue of Refugees at Sea
Abstract : International law provides a duty to rescue everyone in distress at sea. Rescue at sea often entails recovering survivors and bringing them on board ships or other rescue units. While their subsequent delivery and disembarkation may not always be controversial, they frequently are if those assisted are refugees and migrants. READ MORE
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9. Internal migration and labour market outcomes among refugees in Sweden
Abstract : This paper examines the relation between internal migration and labour market outcomes among refugees in Sweden. Using longitudinal data, we find that refugees during their first nine years in Sweden migrate towards big cities and that migration within Sweden is: (i) more common among residents of smaller cities and especially rural areas; (ii) negatively related to marriage and children; (iii) positively related to unemployment and education; and (iv) most common in the first years after arrival. READ MORE
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10. Between being and longing : Young former refugees’ experiences of place attachment and multiple belongings
Abstract : This thesis focuses on young former refugees’ lived experiences of and reflections on processes of place attachment and negotiation of belonging in Norway. The analysis draws on a postcolonial understanding of migration and belonging, and is inspired by post-structuralism and critical phenomenology. READ MORE