Mobility and security: the perceived benefits of citizenship for resettled young people from refugee backgrounds


Autoria(s): Nunn, Caitlin; McMichael, Celia; Gifford, Sandra M.; Correa-Velez, Ignacio
Data(s)

2016

Resumo

In recent decades, the meaning and value of formal state citizenship has shifted dramatically. In the same period, scholarship on citizenship has drawn attention to the proliferation of alternative forms of sub-, supra- and transnational citizenship, at times obscuring the ongoing importance of formal state citizenship. For refugees, however, formal state citizenship remains a critical and widely shared goal. Drawing on interviews with 51 young people from refugee backgrounds in Melbourne, Australia, this article explores the intersecting themes of mobility and security that were identified by participants as the most important benefits of acquiring formal state citizenship in the country of resettlement. In contrast to the insecurity of forced migration, formal state citizenship provides a privileged mobility that enables refugee-background youth to maintain and create transnational identities and attachments and to be protected while doing so, while also granting a secure status within the nation state and insurance against further displacement in an uncertain future. In offering these forms of mobility and security, formal state citizenship contributes to a sense of ontological security among refugee-background youth, providing an important foundation for building national and transnational futures.

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application/pdf

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/91527/

Publicador

Taylor & Francis Group

Relação

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/91527/1/Mobility_and_Security_Citizenship%20refugee%20youth_JEMS_Accepted%202015.pdf

DOI:10.1080/1369183X.2015.1086633

Nunn, Caitlin, McMichael, Celia, Gifford, Sandra M., & Correa-Velez, Ignacio (2016) Mobility and security: the perceived benefits of citizenship for resettled young people from refugee backgrounds. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 42(3), pp. 382-399.

http://purl.org/au-research/grants/ARC/DP120101579

Direitos

Copyright 2015 Taylor & Francis Group

Fonte

Faculty of Health; Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation; School of Public Health & Social Work

Palavras-Chave #111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified #Citizenship #Refugee youth #Mobility #Ontological security #Resettlement
Tipo

Journal Article