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Achterweust, Floor (2021)

Embracing Refugee Culture as a Model for Integration: The integration of refugees in Brazil through a case study of Abraço Cultural

Bachelor thesis | International Studies (BA)

With ever-increasing numbers of migration, an effective integration for refugees becomes more important every day. Abraço Cultural is a Brazilian NGO that aims to employ refugees and train them to be language teachers for their native language, whilst also teaching students about their home country's culture. This thesis investigates the effectiveness of Abraço Cultural's aid in integration by analyzing interviews held with refugees in their employment. It aims to measure Abraço Cultural's success rate by comparing it to domains for integration as laid out in a theoretical framework by Ager and Strang (2008).

Brazil

refugees

integration

NGO

Author

Achterweust, Floor

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Latin America

Supervisors

Alves Vieira, E.

ECTS Credits

15

Language

en