3 Questions:
1. What are the 6 stages of “refugee career”?
2. How are immigrants and refugees similar and different?
3. What are some conflicts that immigrant families might face that would cause the family dynamics to disintegrate?
Summary:
• According to Hong and Ham (2001), the word migration includes two ways that it can be described. The first phenomena: describes it as the flight of refugees from their own countries because of the threat of persecution, imprisonment or death. Or a voluntary departure of individuals from their own countries to another country.
• The experiences of immigrants and refugees are different amongst each other when they arrived to a new country. Immigrant’s decision to come to a new country might differ …show more content…
For instance, some might flee their home country due to drug trafficking or high rates of interpersonal violence in their native countries.
• Many times immigrants might face trauma, never truly feel accepted
• Refugees leave their homeland because of perceived or actual violence
• Flights are unplanned, during their migration they might experience resistance, and sometimes violence from individuals who are not welcoming and who are ignorant.
• Berry discusses the notion of a refugee career and identified 6
1. Predeparture –the condition that force refugees from their homelands( wars, revolutions & natural disasters)
2. Flight- The period of transit away from the home country
3. First asylum- the first place the refugees settle where they feel safe.
4. Claimant - a country that grants asylum
5. Settlement- a country's formal acceptance of refugees who want to settle there.
6. Adaptation - adjustments that refugees make to their new host country
• Most refugees might experience PTSD – refugees that are exposed to trauma & and loss can experience symptoms of PTSD & prolonged grief disorder (PGD).
• Trauma and adaptation tend to …show more content…
• Many face limited employment opportunities
• Individuals who are unable to master the English language are easily taken advantage of and discriminated against by employers and other employees.
• There are phases of migration
1. Premigration: the time before individuals leave their country of origin.
2. Migration: refers to the experience of actually leaving the country of origin.
3. Postmigration: the continued stress experienced by immigrants, specifically related to new societal and cultural contexts- when language, new roles and hierarchies, education, and employment begin to change.
• Bronfenbrenner's (1979) ecological model.
1. Microsystem includes relationships among family members. ( immediate family living in the same household)
2. Mesosystem relationships outside the family but is limited to the school, the workplace, extended families, and the community in which one lives.
3. Exosystem involves the major societal institutions, such as the media, the government, and laws.
4. Macrosystem encompasses the cultural norms and societal rules that determine the overall exchanges and interactions of the society in which we
1. What are the 6 stages of “refugee career”?
2. How are immigrants and refugees similar and different?
3. What are some conflicts that immigrant families might face that would cause the family dynamics to disintegrate?
Summary:
• According to Hong and Ham (2001), the word migration includes two ways that it can be described. The first phenomena: describes it as the flight of refugees from their own countries because of the threat of persecution, imprisonment or death. Or a voluntary departure of individuals from their own countries to another country.
• The experiences of immigrants and refugees are different amongst each other when they arrived to a new country. Immigrant’s decision to come to a new country might differ …show more content…
For instance, some might flee their home country due to drug trafficking or high rates of interpersonal violence in their native countries.
• Many times immigrants might face trauma, never truly feel accepted
• Refugees leave their homeland because of perceived or actual violence
• Flights are unplanned, during their migration they might experience resistance, and sometimes violence from individuals who are not welcoming and who are ignorant.
• Berry discusses the notion of a refugee career and identified 6
1. Predeparture –the condition that force refugees from their homelands( wars, revolutions & natural disasters)
2. Flight- The period of transit away from the home country
3. First asylum- the first place the refugees settle where they feel safe.
4. Claimant - a country that grants asylum
5. Settlement- a country's formal acceptance of refugees who want to settle there.
6. Adaptation - adjustments that refugees make to their new host country
• Most refugees might experience PTSD – refugees that are exposed to trauma & and loss can experience symptoms of PTSD & prolonged grief disorder (PGD).
• Trauma and adaptation tend to …show more content…
• Many face limited employment opportunities
• Individuals who are unable to master the English language are easily taken advantage of and discriminated against by employers and other employees.
• There are phases of migration
1. Premigration: the time before individuals leave their country of origin.
2. Migration: refers to the experience of actually leaving the country of origin.
3. Postmigration: the continued stress experienced by immigrants, specifically related to new societal and cultural contexts- when language, new roles and hierarchies, education, and employment begin to change.
• Bronfenbrenner's (1979) ecological model.
1. Microsystem includes relationships among family members. ( immediate family living in the same household)
2. Mesosystem relationships outside the family but is limited to the school, the workplace, extended families, and the community in which one lives.
3. Exosystem involves the major societal institutions, such as the media, the government, and laws.
4. Macrosystem encompasses the cultural norms and societal rules that determine the overall exchanges and interactions of the society in which we