Book contents
- European Societies, Migration, and the Law
- European Societies, Migration, and the Law
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 European Societies, Migration, and the Law
- Part I Making the ‘Other’ – The Construction of ‘Otherness’
- Part II The Operation of Legal ‘Othering’ and the National–Foreigner Dichotomy in the EU
- Part III After the Arrival of the ‘Others’ – Reactions to the ‘Refugee Crisis’ of 2015
- 11 The Reception of Asylum Seekers in Europe
- 12 Integration Impossible? Ethnic Nationalism and Refugee Integration in Bulgaria
- 13 Refugees’ Integration into the Labour Market
- Part IV ‘Othering’ in the EU
- Part V European Societies, ‘Otherness’, Migration, and the Law
- Bibliography
- Index
13 - Refugees’ Integration into the Labour Market
Discharging Responsibility in the UK
from Part III - After the Arrival of the ‘Others’ – Reactions to the ‘Refugee Crisis’ of 2015
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 November 2020
- European Societies, Migration, and the Law
- European Societies, Migration, and the Law
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 European Societies, Migration, and the Law
- Part I Making the ‘Other’ – The Construction of ‘Otherness’
- Part II The Operation of Legal ‘Othering’ and the National–Foreigner Dichotomy in the EU
- Part III After the Arrival of the ‘Others’ – Reactions to the ‘Refugee Crisis’ of 2015
- 11 The Reception of Asylum Seekers in Europe
- 12 Integration Impossible? Ethnic Nationalism and Refugee Integration in Bulgaria
- 13 Refugees’ Integration into the Labour Market
- Part IV ‘Othering’ in the EU
- Part V European Societies, ‘Otherness’, Migration, and the Law
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The State’s legal obligation towards refugees comprises granting protection and conferring post-determination rights. This chapter queries how the UK discharges its legal obligation to facilitate refugees’ engagement with work and whether it contributes towards their ‘othering’. It examines the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme (VPRS) as a case-study, assessing how ‘resettled’ refugees access support to labour market integration through various organisations and actors, comparing the support provided to them with the assistance available to ‘recognised’ refugees. The latter are those who have reached the UK by their own endeavours, applied for asylum, and been granted refugee status. The study has demonstrated how diverse networks of organisations and state actors facilitate or inhibit refugees’ access to the labour market, counterbalancing State actions on integration.
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- European Societies, Migration, and the LawThe ‘Others' amongst ‘Us', pp. 247 - 264Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020