Community development: Local Immigration Partnerships in Canada and implications for Slovenia

IF 1.3 4区地球科学 Q3 GEOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL

Acta Geographica Slovenica-Geografski Zbornik Pub Date : 2020-05-26 DOI:10.3986/ags.5136

M. Durnik

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Canada is perceived as a strongly desired final destination for many refugees and immigrants due to its socio-economic advantages. The author assesses the Canadian praxis of the immigrant settlement from the community development standpoint, with a specific interest to present how successful Canadian immigration policy has been on the local level by using the established Local Immigration Partnerships model. On the other hand, by adopting the so-called restricted model of immigrant integration Slovenia has not developed a consistent model of integration, specifically leaving aside the potential of local areas in resolving these complex issues. The paper is confirming that due to institutionalized multilevel partnership Canada has been more successful in immigrant integration than Slovenia. In both countries, however, integration into the health system has been evidently the most acute problem. In order to obtain more relevant results, a mixed-methods research was used combining interviews and integration indexes. In the majority of integration parameters, Canada shows significantly better results than Slovenia.

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社区发展:加拿大的地方移民伙伴关系及其对斯洛文尼亚的影响

加拿大因其社会经济优势而被视为许多难民和移民强烈希望的最终目的地。作者从社区发展的角度评估了加拿大移民安置的实践，特别感兴趣的是通过使用已建立的地方移民伙伴关系模型，展示加拿大移民政策在地方一级的成功程度。另一方面，斯洛文尼亚采用所谓的限制性移民融合模式，并没有制定出一致的融合模式，特别是忽略了当地在解决这些复杂问题方面的潜力。该文件证实，由于制度化的多层次伙伴关系，加拿大在移民融合方面比斯洛文尼亚更成功。然而，在这两个国家，融入卫生系统显然是最严重的问题。为了获得更相关的结果，采用了访谈和综合指数相结合的混合方法研究。在大多数一体化参数中，加拿大的结果明显好于斯洛文尼亚。

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Acta Geographica Slovenica-Geografski Zbornik 地学-地质学

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2.60

自引率

35.30%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Acta geographica Slovenica publishes original research papers from all fields of geography and related disciplines, and provides a forum for discussing new aspects of theory, methods, issues, and research findings, especially in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe. The review accepts original research papers and review papers. Papers presenting new developments and innovative methods in geography are welcome. Submissions should address current research gaps and explore state-of-the-art issues. Research based on case studies should have the added value of transnational comparison and should be integrated into established or new theoretical and conceptual frameworks. The target readership is researchers, policymakers, students, and others who are studying or applying geography at various levels. Submissions are accepted in English or Slovenian.