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Frustrating Beginnings: How Social Ties Compensate Housing Integration Barriers for Afghan Refugees in Vienna
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Abstract In this article, we present findings from a recent (2017-2018) qualitative survey on the integration of Afghan refugees in Vienna. Vienna is by far the largest city in Austria with a diversified labour and housing market and a multi-faceted (migrant) economy. It doubtlessly is the most attractive ‘a... mehr
In this article, we present findings from a recent (2017-2018) qualitative survey on the integration of Afghan refugees in Vienna. Vienna is by far the largest city in Austria with a diversified labour and housing market and a multi-faceted (migrant) economy. It doubtlessly is the most attractive ‘arrival city’ in Austria. Moreover, Vienna has received the bulk of refugees during the so-called ‘refugee crisis’ of 2015–2016 and before. The analysis will focus on Ager and Strang’s (2008) argument, which characterizes housing as a core domain in integration. Housing constitutes a potential means of supporting integration into domains other than the labour market. In the process of housing integration, researchers (Aigner, 2018; Borevi & Bengtsson, 2015) have emphasized the relevance of refugees’ social ties with family and co-ethnic groups, whereas the importance of inter-ethnic networking with members of the receiving society remains insufficiently explored. The majority of the 65 interviewees had emphasized the importance of refugees’ social ties for their efforts towards structural integration. This analysis therefore aims at describing Afghans’ challenging access paths into the local housing market, and the outstanding compensatory relevance of social ties in this process. Thus, we can identify special constraints (e.g., ‘Afghanophobia,’ exploitative conditions) and coping strategies of this under-researched ‘newcomer’ group of refugees in Austria.... weniger
Klassifikation
Raumplanung und Regionalforschung
Siedlungssoziologie, Stadtsoziologie
Migration
Freie Schlagwörter
Afghan refugees; housing market integration; integration challenges; social networks; social ties
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2020
Seitenangabe
S. 127-137
Zeitschriftentitel
Urban Planning, 5 (2020) 3
Heftthema
Urban Arrival Spaces: Social Co-Existence in Times of Changing Mobilities and Local Diversity
ISSN
2183-7635
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)