Migration from Turkey to Sweden: Integration, Belonging and Transnational Community

Migration from Turkey to Sweden: Integration, Belonging and Transnational Community
ISBN-10
0755643534
ISBN-13
9780755643530
Category
History
Language
English
Published
2021-09-23
Publisher
I.B. Tauris
Authors
Bahar Baser, Paul T. Levin

Description

The 'refugee crisis' and the recent rise of anti-immigration parties across Europe has prompted widespread debates about migration, integration and security. Turkish migration to Europe has been a vital area of research. Yet little scholarly attention has been paid to Turkish migration to specifically Sweden, which has a mix of religious and ethnic groups from Turkey and where now well over 100,000 Swedes have Turkish origins. This book examines immigration from Turkey to Sweden from its beginnings in the mid-1960s. It traces the impact of Sweden's multicultural policies on integration and the effects of political turmoil in Turkey, including military coups and identity conflicts, after which asylum seekers -- mostly Assyrians and Kurds -- sought refuge in Sweden. Contributors explore how the patterns of labour migration and interactions with Swedish society impact the social and political attitudes. The book also investigates issues of integration, return migration, transnational ties, external voting and citizenship rights. Through the detailed analysis of migration to Sweden and emigration from Turkey, this book sheds new light on the situation of migrants in Europe--back cover.

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