Perspectives on individual responsibility in the context of refugee and migrant integration
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Stephen Wordsworth
Abstract
Cara, the Council for At-Risk Academics, was established in the United Kingdom in 1933 in response to the crisis engulfing German academia following the Nazis’ rise to power. The chapter outlines the history of this organisation and also its work today to help academics around the world to escape from persecution, violence and conflict, by working with university partners to provide safe places where they can continue their work until, as most hope, they can return home. The chapter also explains how Cara supports exiled academics through regionally-based programmes, and how it works with other partner organisations. For 85 years, Cara Fellows have gone on to enrich the scientific, intellectual and cultural life of Britain, and have been recognised for their ground-breaking work with Nobel prizes and other awards.
Abstract
Cara, the Council for At-Risk Academics, was established in the United Kingdom in 1933 in response to the crisis engulfing German academia following the Nazis’ rise to power. The chapter outlines the history of this organisation and also its work today to help academics around the world to escape from persecution, violence and conflict, by working with university partners to provide safe places where they can continue their work until, as most hope, they can return home. The chapter also explains how Cara supports exiled academics through regionally-based programmes, and how it works with other partner organisations. For 85 years, Cara Fellows have gone on to enrich the scientific, intellectual and cultural life of Britain, and have been recognised for their ground-breaking work with Nobel prizes and other awards.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Foreword V
- Table of Contents VII
- Responsibility for integration 1
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Witnessing
- Bearing witness: The burden of individual responsibility and the rule of law 9
- De-integration of young Syrian activists in Paris 25
- Understanding the challenges of integration from the refugee perspective 41
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Barriers and challenges
- The legacies of race and postcolonialism: Taking responsibility for migration 51
- Historical perspectives on migrant integration in Atlantic Canada, 1812–1825 65
- National minorities, immigration, and responsibility: French Canada as a case study, 1840–1960 81
- Less “human” than us: dehumanisation as a psychological barrier to the integration of migrants 99
- The role of trauma and cultural distance in refugee integration 113
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Responding
- Newcomer integration, individual agency, and responsibility 131
- Why volunteers should be activists: towards an ethics of ground relationships 149
- Applying behavioural science to refugee integration 165
- The practice of newcomer integration and importance of perspectives 183
- Perspectives on individual responsibility in the context of refugee and migrant integration 193
- Cyberhate against academics 205
- Day 1 227
- List of contributors 231
- Index 233
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Foreword V
- Table of Contents VII
- Responsibility for integration 1
-
Witnessing
- Bearing witness: The burden of individual responsibility and the rule of law 9
- De-integration of young Syrian activists in Paris 25
- Understanding the challenges of integration from the refugee perspective 41
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Barriers and challenges
- The legacies of race and postcolonialism: Taking responsibility for migration 51
- Historical perspectives on migrant integration in Atlantic Canada, 1812–1825 65
- National minorities, immigration, and responsibility: French Canada as a case study, 1840–1960 81
- Less “human” than us: dehumanisation as a psychological barrier to the integration of migrants 99
- The role of trauma and cultural distance in refugee integration 113
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Responding
- Newcomer integration, individual agency, and responsibility 131
- Why volunteers should be activists: towards an ethics of ground relationships 149
- Applying behavioural science to refugee integration 165
- The practice of newcomer integration and importance of perspectives 183
- Perspectives on individual responsibility in the context of refugee and migrant integration 193
- Cyberhate against academics 205
- Day 1 227
- List of contributors 231
- Index 233
