Cristin-resultat-ID: 348744
Sist endret: 5. januar 2011, 10:28
NVI-rapporteringsår: 2010
Resultat
Vitenskapelig artikkel
2010

User involvement and empowerment among asylum seekers in Norwegian reception centres

Bidragsytere:
  • Marko Valenta og
  • Berit Berg

Tidsskrift

European Journal of Social Work
ISSN 1369-1457
e-ISSN 1468-2664
NVI-nivå 2

Om resultatet

Vitenskapelig artikkel
Publiseringsår: 2010
Volum: 13
Hefte: 4
Sider: 483 - 501

Importkilder

Scopus-ID: 2-s2.0-78650322931
Isi-ID: 000285869700004

Beskrivelse Beskrivelse

Tittel

User involvement and empowerment among asylum seekers in Norwegian reception centres

Sammendrag

A considerable amount of literature has been published on conditions in reception centres for asylum seekers. The previous studies show that the life of residents in the centres is characterised by uncertainty, passivity, powerlessness and gradual disqualification. Drawing from data collected from asylum seekers and service providers in Norwegian reception centres, this article examines the tools used to counteract these processes. The article maintains that organised activities, such as language courses and user involvement in the form of cooperative councils, have an impact on the empowerment of asylum seekers. However, user motivation for participation and involvement in these arrangements is undermined, due to residents' responses on factors which operate both at the structural and relational level. The findings and questions raised in the article have wider implications for social work with asylum seekers in other European countries, as well as for current efforts being made by EU countries to regulate reception conditions for asylum seekers. Among other things, the authors relate their findings to reception standards as defined in the EU Directive on Reception Conditions for asylum seekers.

Bidragsytere

Marko Valenta

  • Tilknyttet:
    Forfatter
    ved Institutt for sosialt arbeid ved Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet

Berit Berg

  • Tilknyttet:
    Forfatter
    ved Institutt for sosialt arbeid ved Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
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