Legislation reflecting the social climate is enacted whenever people become acutely aware of the lack of cultural homogeneity. People tend to react negatively when they feel normal changing. Native residents share common values and beliefs that create a culture of sameness, however, when refugees come in a culture of difference is created, and this difference threatens their homogeneity. The percentage of refugees that are accepted for the resettlement process is less than 1%. However, refugees are resettled in clustered groups which makes the native residents feel a change in homogeneity. During resettlement, young women with “refugee backgrounds experience elevated rates of teen pregnancy and early parenthood relative to other young women”
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Consequently, this apparent lack of cultural homogeneity induces an anxiety reaction that eventually manifests into xenophobic and racist attitudes towards the refugees from the native residents. Xenophobic and racist attacks will prompt government to respond through legislation aimed at controlling social change. When consensus shows disapproval towards refugees, governments have to tighten their borders and regulations to curb the number of asylum seekers who enter their borders seeking refuge. Governments are the only ones authorized to determine whether or not an asylum seeker qualifies as a refuge under the provisions set forth by the UNHCR. The number of applicants approved for asylum is less than 10%. The government typically employs two strategies that work together to control social change; containing applicants seeking refugee status and restricting their access to social rights. These restrictionist policies curb the number of immigrants who enter the country seeking asylum by further discouraging those seeking economic opportunities to refrain from …show more content…
Asylum seekers will be secluded from general society, and refugees will have communities that will isolate them from mainstream communities. Asylum seekers and refugees are seen as the causes of bad events, thus the main agenda is to deter other asylum seekers and refugees from entering the country. However, when homogeneity is secure, asylum seekers and refugees are embraced by the policies in their new society. They are made to feel welcome, and are likely to experience equality and compassion from numerous members in their new
Consequently, this apparent lack of cultural homogeneity induces an anxiety reaction that eventually manifests into xenophobic and racist attitudes towards the refugees from the native residents. Xenophobic and racist attacks will prompt government to respond through legislation aimed at controlling social change. When consensus shows disapproval towards refugees, governments have to tighten their borders and regulations to curb the number of asylum seekers who enter their borders seeking refuge. Governments are the only ones authorized to determine whether or not an asylum seeker qualifies as a refuge under the provisions set forth by the UNHCR. The number of applicants approved for asylum is less than 10%. The government typically employs two strategies that work together to control social change; containing applicants seeking refugee status and restricting their access to social rights. These restrictionist policies curb the number of immigrants who enter the country seeking asylum by further discouraging those seeking economic opportunities to refrain from …show more content…
Asylum seekers will be secluded from general society, and refugees will have communities that will isolate them from mainstream communities. Asylum seekers and refugees are seen as the causes of bad events, thus the main agenda is to deter other asylum seekers and refugees from entering the country. However, when homogeneity is secure, asylum seekers and refugees are embraced by the policies in their new society. They are made to feel welcome, and are likely to experience equality and compassion from numerous members in their new