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Italian asylum reception system and health challenges: The Apulian case
No full textThis research investigates the health and migration nexus regarding service provision and migration governance, particularly asylum seekers’ health access. We decided to analyse the case of the Apulia Region, one of the main Mediterranean routes for asylum seekers heading for Europe and representing an exception in the Italian national territory, extending the medical treatments and services provided for Italians and regular migrants to those irregular ones. The analysis relies on the data collected within a research project that aims to create an integrated system of prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of asylum seekers and holders of international protection on the regional territory. It is mixed-method research based on (1) quantitative data from an ad hoc field survey organised in the reception centres and drafted to retrieve information unavailable in other databases and distributed to, and (2) qualitative data collected through semi-structured interviews with local policymakers, representatives of reception centres, and NGOs. Our results highlight that in the reception process, the medical service appears decisive, and the absence of constant control of health status can cause the worsening of not visible symptoms, creating further psycho-physical problems. Another essential aspect is the importance of the communication: the diffusion of the information and the role of competent intercultural mediators in the outpatient visits in the first-level reception centres, especially during the certification and treatment of violence, torture, or other severe forms of physical, psychological, or sexual violence. Some best practises are presented and some suggestions for further implementations of health services for asylum seekers and refugees are proposed
An Analysis of Migration and Health Nexus
No full textResearch to date has shown that with the development of universal human rights within modern states, the distribution of rights and responsibilities between citizens of a nation-state and non-citizens has aimed to be equitable. Yet, this shift has not led to a new era of effective universal human rights. In this sense, migration management is structured around categories that are based on intentions and arrival patterns in the destination, with each category determining who has access to which services and rights. Under this perspective, health moves from being a universal right to a citizenship-related right (Pace, 2011), subject to strict conditions and requirements to be met. Furthermore, immigrants are often depicted as potential welfare scroungers in exclusion discourses, particularly with regard to access to health services (Sollors et al., 2011). Scholars call this “a clash of national interests with global culture” based on universalistic rights (Morris, 2013, p. 76). In light of this theoretical framework and based on in-depth literature and policy analysis, this article addresses how the relationship between health and migration is conceptualised and reproduced at different levels. By examining the role of two key actors in health care provision and access, the general practitioner and the intercultural mediator, the study also analyses the barriers and obstacles to accessing health services according to the legal status and classification of migrant
AN ANALYSIS OF MIGRATION AND HEALTH NEXUS
No full textThis chapter examines how the relationship between health and migration is conceptualised and reproduced at different levels based on in-depth literature and policy analysis. The paper also analyses how some specific diseases are shaped by migration both in the country of origin and in the country of arrival. Furthermore, by examining the role of two key actors in health care provision and access, the general practitioner and the intercultural mediator, the authors also analyse the barriers and obstacles to accessing health services according to the legal status and classification of migrants. The results highlight that a proper analysis of the inequalities perpetuated at various levels in access to services is crucial. Also, encouraging migrant-sensitive health policies enforced with an effective intervention of intercultural mediators is crucial to ensuring the right to health for all, regardless of legal status
Nessun migrante è un’isola: Ruolo ed evoluzione dei legami familiari nell’esperienza dei rifugiati curdi in Italia
No full textUno dei meccanismi di disumanizzazione più comuni che a volte anche
inconsciamente si operano nei confronti dei migranti è considerarli come
singole pedine di grandi spostamenti globali, privi di qualsiasi legame sociale e familiare. Una ricerca sul contesto particolare dei rifugiati curdi giunti in Italia aiuta ad ampliare il nostro sguardo sulla questione: come i legami familiari si conservano ed evolvono nel corso del processo migratorio? Quali dinamiche si innescano al momento del ricongiungimento? Che senso di identità e di appartenenza sviluppano le seconde generazioni
Forced migration, family, and separation: The case of Kurdish families in Italy
No full textThis article explores how the case of refugee families highlights the challenges faced by migrant families, particularly in the experience of transnational family-making. The analysis is based on two different ethnographic research, (2014- 2016) and (2017-2018), which collected qualitative data by means of semi-structured interviews with first-generation Kurdish refugees. The results show that the experiences of ‘forced migration’ and ‘forced settlement’ affect family relationships mainly at the affective (ties and relationships) and normative (roles and expectations) levels, and that at each migration stage the combination of these spheres changes, weighing differently on family relationships
Homes Becoming Religious Transnational Spaces: The Impact of COVID-19 Immobility on the Religious Activities of Migrant Muslim Women
Full text linkSince the outbreak of the COVID-19 emergency, the marked division between the home and public space has been increasingly emphasized, and the concept of ‘home’has become more and more connoted with the values of security and control. The question that arises is this: how did the ‘stay-at-home’period affect (and continues to affect) the home-based life of migrant Muslim women and their collective religious practices? Drawing upon the narratives of Turkish Muslim women living in Northern Italy, the researchreported in this paper focused on their frequency of religious participation both during the pre-pandemic period and during the ‘stay-at-home’one by identifying how they adapted to online meetings, courses, or collective prayers. If collective religious activity in mosques for these women, in addition to spiritual support, was a remarkable opportunity for them to interface with public space, allowing them to retreat from the everyday family commitments of their home, virtual participation in religious events organized by both the country of origin and the diasporas created a highly transnational dimension for them in that same home. Considering Italy’s peripheral diasporic position, particularly in terms of religious organizations, in the Turkish diaspora in Europe, this expanded, albeit virtual, participation of migrant women is significant because it seems to give them the opportunity to reinvent themeanings of place and the migratory experience, about both their peers in Turkey and to those living in the diasporas, and to develop awareness about identity issues
Migrazione tra il desiderio e la paura della casa: Le esperienze delle donne migranti provenienti dalla Turchia in Italia
No full textBasato sull’analisi di interviste a famiglie e sulle riflessioni che ne sono scaturite, questo articolo intende contribuire al dibattito su ruolo e aspettative di genere nel contesto migratorio, focalizzando l’attenzione sulla migrazione dalla Turchia in Italia. I risultati di questa ricerca indicano che le tradizionali relazioni familiari di genere determinano particolarmente la fase della pre-migrazione: la decisione su quando muoversi, chi debba migrare e quanto a lungo rimanere all'estero sono scelte determinate il più delle volte dagli uomini. I rapporti e le aspettative di gene-re cambiano però nel contesto migratorio. Lontano dai legami delle famiglie allar-gate, soprattutto da quella del marito, l’esperienza migratoria delle donne sembra offrire loro maggiori possibilità di essere prese in considerazione dal marito nelle decisioni familiari. Una scoperta interessante è stata che la parola "trasformazione", nell'ambito delle relazioni familiari nel contesto migratorio, ha quasi sempre avuto una connotazione negativa per gli uomini mentre le donne spesso attribui-vano una connotazione positiva alla stessa parola. Questa ricerca indica che i le-gami con il paese di origine hanno impatti diversi sui piani futuri di uomini e don-ne. Per molte donne, i legami con il paese di origine fanno riferimento alla famiglia estesa e la sua interferenza nel matrimonio che possono essere dannosi per il rap-porto coniugale. D’altra parte, per gli uomini, i legami possono corrispondere alla pressione sociale della comunità locale per coloro che ritornano senza reddito o risparmi. Pertanto, donne e uomini producono strategie diverse per tornare: mentre gli uomini non vedono l’ora di avere abbastanza soldi per tornare a casa loro in Turchia, le donne cercano di sentirsi (e far sentire la propria famiglia) a casa in Italia
Diaspora governance in times of COVID-19: the case of the Turkish Diyanet in Italy
Full text linkSince the Covid-19 emergency broke out, Turkish state institutions became crucial to govern diaspora communities facing lockdown measures and forced separation from the homeland. Being the first European country strongly affected by COVID-19 and where massive lockdown measures have been put in place, Italy is a relevant case to analyze. Retracing the scope and scale of the online activities organized during the COVID-19 pandemic, this paper investigates how the Turkish state supported Turkey-originated population living in Italy. The analysis draws on interviews with Diyanet religious officers sent from Ankara to serve the Diyanet’s branches (DITIB) in different Italian cities and with the religious attaché employed in the Turkish Consulate in Milan who supervises them. The interviews have been corroborated with the collection of a vast visual material including brochures, videos and posters published on YouTube channel and the Facebook official pages of the DITIB cultural centers in Italy. Our data show that, during COVID-19 pandemic, online seminars enabled to strengthen Turkey's connection with the diaspora using the emergency situation as a starting point for enhancing family programs and fostering a Muslim-Turkish belonging in any aspect of life
Entering the School as a Refugee Minor: A Comparative Analysis of School Admission in Italy and Sweden
No full textAssessment of existing knowledge is essential to address new arrivals to appropriate grades. Modalities and policies adopted in assessing pupils’ prior educational levels also help the authors analyze how educationrelated
migration policies are conceptualized and implemented in institutional
settings. Through the “most-different” logic of comparison, in
this chapter, the authors investigate refugee education policies of Italy
and Sweden, focusing on the first phase of schooling: skill and knowledge
assessment and placement to classes. The analysis relies on an in-depth
policy text analysis. As expected, these two countries present remarkable
differences in newcomers’ skill assessment and school admission policies.
While Sweden adopts a centralized assessment test on students’ previous
schooling, aiming to address new arrivals into mainstream classes as fast
as possible through mother tongue assistance, in the absence of a national
framework, school admission is highly fragmented and regionalized in
Italy. Despite these differences at the macro-policy level, in both contexts,
school leadership and the agency of involved actors have substantial
importance in the first phase of refugee pupils’ school placement
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