dc.contributor.author | Kalupe, Hirosha Lakmali | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-02T07:53:58Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-10-02T07:53:58Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2565634 | |
dc.description | Master's thesis Global development and planning UT505 - University of Agder 2018 | nb_NO |
dc.description.abstract | Refugees is one of the major concentration of the world without considering the borders or economic level of the country. Recently, Europe also has received large number of refugees. Norway has also received many refugees from conflict zones recently. When refugees arrive to the host country it is the country responsibility to start and conduct the refugee integration process. Norway has its own refugee integration plan, and municipalities are given more responsibilities in refugee integration process. I have selected the Kristiansand municipality as my research area which is one of the municipalities in Norway which have received many refugees. Refugees as forced migrants, face different kinds of challenges in their everyday life. I wanted to explore what these challenges were for refugees in Kristiansand, and research how the community-based organisations (hereby known as CBO) helps to address the challenges of refugees with their programmes and activities. I have selected three CBOs in Kristiansand: LUNAR’s women’s group in Kristiansand, Natteravnene organisation and KIA organisation Kristiansand. I used qualitative research methodology to find answers to my research questions. Ethnographic data collection method was used in order to collect the data. The challenges of refugees which I found during my fieldwork, have been categorised into three major themes: A feeling of lack of belonging to the Norwegian society, feeling lack of safety and the stress of maintaining their own cultural identity and family responsibilities. As I discovered, the selected CBOs try to help refugees, especially on increasing their social capital. Three of the organisations give refugees an opportunity to expand their social network, improve their language and to find friends. Refugees see these organisations as a good place for them to meet local Norwegians, and get to practice their Norwegian language skills. At the same time, they could find Norwegian references for their CV as well. As I have identified, some refugees join these organisations after they failed to find jobs in the Norwegian job market, as well as discovering the benefits they can gain and get from these CBOs. The majority of my research participants have identified CBOs as helpful in their everyday integration in Kristainsand, Norway.
Keywords: CBOs, Refugees, Refugee Integration and Social Capital | nb_NO |
dc.language.iso | nob | nb_NO |
dc.publisher | Universitetet i Agder ; University of Agder | nb_NO |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internasjonal | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.no | * |
dc.subject | UT505 | nb_NO |
dc.subject | CBOs | nb_NO |
dc.subject | Refugees | nb_NO |
dc.subject | Refugee Integration | nb_NO |
dc.subject | Social capital | nb_NO |
dc.title | Community-Based Organisations’ Role in Refugee Integration : A Case Study in Kristiansand, Norway | nb_NO |
dc.type | Master thesis | nb_NO |
dc.subject.nsi | VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Statsvitenskap og organisasjonsteori: 240::Offentlig og privat administrasjon: 242 | nb_NO |
dc.subject.nsi | VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Sosiologi: 220 | nb_NO |
dc.source.pagenumber | 150 s. | nb_NO |