Journeys of hope: Young refugees in German- speaking Switzerland – paths towards inclusion into the host society

Author(s) : Luisa Deponti

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Abstract:

Available data show that in Switzerland refugees and temporarily admitted people are more at risk of social exclusion than the rest of the population due to various obstacles in their process of structural integration. The present dissertation focuses on refugees and temporarily admitted persons who arrived in Switzerland aged between 16 and 25 and have reached a satisfactory social inclusion. The aim is to highlight the institutional, personal and relational resources which supported them, and to analyze the variable interplay of these resources in their processes of social

inclusion, in order to evaluate the significance of the relations with the local population. Relying on information gathered from interviews with young refugees and temporarily admitted people, and with integration actors, the present research points out that these young people could find paths of inclusion by actively using their resources and especially by establishing a wide social network with in the local population.