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Syrian Refugees and their re-entry to ‘normality’: the role of service industries

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  • Belal Shneikat
  • Chris Ryan

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The paper analyzes data derived from an exploratory study based on interviews with 26 Syrian Refugees, indicating how they used past experiences and qualifications to obtain employment in the UK and Germany. The paper also describes in outline a chronology of escape, reaching Europe, traveling through Europe, and finally accessing a new ‘normality’ through obtaining employment in the service industries or continuing past study. Their stories are used to further theoretical components of resilience and associated concepts of adaptability and overcoming vulnerability. Reference is made to the structure of resilience and the role of social networks made more accessible via the use of smartphones and social media.

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  • Belal Shneikat & Chris Ryan, 2018. "Syrian Refugees and their re-entry to ‘normality’: the role of service industries," The Service Industries Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 38(3-4), pages 201-227, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:servic:v:38:y:2018:i:3-4:p:201-227
    DOI: 10.1080/02642069.2017.1387539
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