Open AccessRefugees and Immigrants in the Nordic
Author(s) -
Anders Buch,
Sara Kristine Gløjmar Berthou,
Thomas Bredgaard
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
nordic journal of working life studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 15
ISSN - 2245-0157
DOI - 10.18291/njwls.v8is4.111165
Subject(s) - immigration , refugee , premise , political science , politics , development economics , political economy , sociology , law , economics , philosophy , linguistics
Immigration to the Nordic countries has increased significantly in the last 40 years (Pettersen & Østby 2013:76). Although exact data are hard to come by, it is clear that the term integration, albeit vague and often undefined, has become central in public and political debates. A central premise of most of the debates is the claim that newly arrived immigrants and refugees have not become part of their host societies to a satisfactory extent. Subsequently, an increasing number of initiatives and laws have been introduced in the Nordic countries with the intention to promote integration. (...)