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Networks Amongst Syrians: Situated Migrant Positionalities and the Impact on Relational Embedding

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  • Francesca Speed

    (Newcastle University Business School, Newcastle University, UK)

  • Tracy Scurry

    (Newcastle University Business School, Newcastle University, UK)

  • Peter Edward

    (Newcastle University Business School, Newcastle University, UK)

  • Mona Moufahim

    (Stirling Management School, University of Stirling, UK)

Abstract

This article employs Yuval‐Davis concept of situated intersectionality to explore processes of relational embedding amongst Syrian migrants in the UK. By drawing on in‐depth interview data from 31 men and women living in North East England, we explore how varying social categories—or positionalities—intersect and shape personal networks and feelings of attachment amongst Syrians. We show how wider structural contexts and systems of social relations shape migrants’ sense of belonging and attachment which can serve to enhance or weaken opportunities for social and economic inclusion. The findings reveal how, for Syrian migrants, wider macro level contexts determine immigration and asylum routes which in turn shape place‐specific opportunity structures that impact on micro individual level processes of relational embedding. We develop the term “migrant positionalities” as a social category to capture the multiple experiences of migration and asylum and the power dynamics that determine opportunity structures and processes of embedding. We contribute to the debates in this field by demonstrating how the wider structural context can lead to a multiplicity of immigration and asylum experiences for individuals, resulting in differences in support and rights that go on to shape processes of embedding and personal networks. By employing a situated intersectional lens, we also demonstrate how and why processes of relational embedding differ amongst migrants of the same nationality on the basis of social positionings such as ethnicity, class, and religion, that are situated in context, time, and space.

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  • Francesca Speed & Tracy Scurry & Peter Edward & Mona Moufahim, 2021. "Networks Amongst Syrians: Situated Migrant Positionalities and the Impact on Relational Embedding," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 9(4), pages 243-253.
  • Handle: RePEc:cog:socinc:v:9:y:2021:i:4:p:243-253
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    Cited by:

    1. Carolynn Low & Bindi V. Shah, 2023. "Refugee Women’s Volunteering as Resistance Practices to Micro‐Aggressions and Social Exclusion in the UK," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 11(2), pages 69-79.
    2. Miranda J. Lubbers, 2021. "In Good Company? Personal Relationships, Network Embeddedness, and Social Inclusion," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 9(4), pages 203-210.

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