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<p>In observing the integration process at a local and neighbourhood level, this paper aims to analyse the integration experiences of asylum beneficiaries (refugees) in Croatia and their relationships with various stakeholders. The analyses are based on data obtained in 2018 by interviewing 25 refugees about their perceptions of living prospects in Croatia. The results indicated that most of the interviewees described their relationships and experiences with state institution officials as mostly negative or challenging, and in some cases discriminatory. Acceptance in local communities was predominantly assessed as positive, although it took a while for refugees to feel accepted.</p>
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In observing the integration process at a local and neighbourhood level, this paper aims to analyse the integration experiences of asylum beneficiaries (refugees) in Croatia and their relationships with various stakeholders. The analyses are based on data obtained in 2018 by interviewing 25 refugees about their perceptions of living prospects in Croatia. The results indicated that most of the interviewees described their relationships and experiences with state institution officials as mostly negative or challenging, and in some cases discriminatory. Acceptance in local communities was predominantly assessed as positive, although it took a while for refugees to feel accepted.

“At first it was not very pleasant … Now it is different”: Experiences and Challenges of Refugee Integration in Croatia

Treatises and Documents, Journal of Ethnic Studies / Razprave in Gradivo, Revija za narodnostna vprašanja

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“Sprva ni bilo ravno prijetno … zdaj pa je drugače”: Izkušnje in izzivi integracije beguncev na Hrvaškem

In observing the integration process at a local and neighbourhood level, this paper aims to analyse the integration experiences of asylum beneficiaries...

“At first it was not very pleasant … Now it is different”: Experiences and Challenges of Refugee Integration in Croatia

Published Online: Dec 21, 2023

Page range: 157 - 177

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/tdjes-2023-0019

Keywords
refugee, integration, local community, asylum, social cohesion, Croatia

© 2023 Margareta Gregurović et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

“At first it was not very pleasant … Now it is different”: Experiences and Challenges of Refugee Integration in Croatia

Published Online: Dec 21, 2023

Page range: 157 - 177

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/tdjes-2023-0019

Keywordsrefugee, integration, local community, asylum, social cohesion, Croatia

© 2023 Margareta Gregurović et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
refugee, integration, local community, asylum, social cohesion, Croatia