Social and Labor Integration of Asylum Seekers in Rural Mountain Areas—A Qualitative Study

Migration into Europe affects the Alps in various ways. The recent influx of refugees and a higher number of asylum requests has presented governance challenges for mountain communities. In Italy, the responsibility of regions to host asylum seekers increased when a national system was implemented t...

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Published in:Mountain research and development 2017-11, Vol.37 (4), p.388-395
Main Authors: Marcher, Anja, Kofler, Ingrid, Streifeneder, Thomas Philipp
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Asylum seeker
Asylum seekers
Communities
Community relations
Community structure
Cultural organizations
Displaced persons
Empirical analysis
Employment
Integration
Italy
Labor
labor integration
Labor market
Location
Migration
mountain area
Mountain life
MountainDevelopment
Municipalities
Network analysis
Political asylum
Political integration
Qualitative research
R&D
refugee
Refugees
Research & development
Research and development
Rural areas
Social aspects
Social capital
Social integration
Social network analysis
Social networks
Social organization
Social structure
Sociology
South Tyrol
Transformation knowledge
Trends
Urban areas
Villages
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Summary:Migration into Europe affects the Alps in various ways. The recent influx of refugees and a higher number of asylum requests has presented governance challenges for mountain communities. In Italy, the responsibility of regions to host asylum seekers increased when a national system was implemented to distribute asylum seekers throughout the country. This study explored the impact of current distributions through the analysis of 2 rural mountain municipalities in the northeast Italian Alps in the Autonomous Province of Bolzano (also known as South Tyrol) in which reception facilities for asylum seekers have been established. A qualitative research approach offered empirical insights into the functioning of the reception system and governance in these communities. Our social network analysis of the research data, focusing on the labor integration of asylum seekers, indicated that stronger relational linkages among actors in rural mountain communities may facilitate access to the labor market for asylum applicants.
ISSN:0276-4741
1994-7151
DOI:10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-17-00030.1