Om Gud vill får jag stanna - Tema asyl & integration

Abstract
The purpose of this essay has been to investigate how newly arrived asylum seekers
experience their first month in Sweden. The focus has been on the introduction week that is
given within the first month of their arrival, although the study aims to treat the reception that
is given in general. This is important because the refugees are in a sensitive state, leaving their
country for different reasons, and coming to a new place wich they know nothing or little
about. The questions at issue has been the following; * What are the refugees´ views of the
information and the treatment they´ve been given during their first month in Sweden? *
Which are the possible reasons for the refugees experiencing the reception the way they do?
The methods I´ve used have been observation studies during the introduction week, plus
interviews with participants of this introduction. Overall the refugees seem satisfied with the
reception. They say staff has treated them respectful. They do, however, name a few things
that they´ve been less satisfied with. For example, all of them have experienced the first
month as tough, getting scantily worded information about what will happen next and having
nothing to do.
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