Policy Options for Social Integration of Yezidi People in Europe: the Goal of a Society for All

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Read: 1725     12:30     06 Апрель 2020    

Authors - Olga A. Vorkunova , Samvel Kochoi


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Governments can act in several areas to increase Yezidi human capabilities and widen the narrow band of existing economic opportunities for them. The refugee welcome program in France has promoted shelter for more than one hundred Yezidi women and children. Post-genocide assistance programs have been launched around the world by diaspora communities of migrant workers in the non-governmental sector. These organizations have been remarkably successful in influencing health practice and the international health agenda, especially given the serious financial constraints under which they have operated. There is now a need for governments in France and Germany to work in tandem with these organizations, provide needed funding, and expand the scope of these efforts. Another key strategy is to undertake an educational reform agenda that is centered in increasing the quantity and quality of primary and secondary schooling for refugees, thus overcoming genocide. A number of actions can be taken to widen displaced peoples’ economic options, where both government and the private sector can play pivotal roles.

The ultimate impediment to social integration is the failure to honor security for all. On the other hand, it is reasonable to suppose that certain population groups in Germany and France will re-think the current concept of social integration as a big push towards greater cooperation for establishing adequate rules and institutions for the stability, security, democracy, and peace in their respective societies. As Nadia Murad noted, Yezidi women are “looking for peace and they are feeling comfortable now because they know that France is a country that wants peace. They will be safe here because it’s a country that respects the law.” Rapid reduction of the number of refugees and displaced peoples living in absolute poverty is the central goal of the European countries’ governments’ policy. Migrants not only lack sufficient income, but also cannot get the most basic health care, education, or shelter provision.

They lack access to opportunities, are isolated, and powerless. Often, migrants are excluded because of factors such as ethnicity, religion, geography, gender, and disability, with no influence in the decisions that affect their lives. The promotion of social integration encapsulates these concerns. Migration governance is committed  to combating social exclusion, to address the processes that hinder the achievement of stable, safe and just societies. Processes of social exclusion create an unstable environment in which collective well-being, including migrants’, may be ultimately threatened. European governments are fully committed to addressing the causes of social exclusion, and are in support of eliminating violence as the worst expressions of migrants’ protest against deprivation, homelessness, and school exclusion. The notion of social exclusion that has recently been at the core of policy analysts’ and practitioners’ debates emphasizes that deprivation is multi-faceted, and focuses on the relations and processes that cause deprivation. Lack of income is usually the result of lack of assets or access to labor market. Bad health and lack of education are both the cause and consequence of a low economic status. The notion of social exclusion further recognizes that low social status is not about material and physical deprivation, but involves people’s self-respect, dignity, and sense of identity, and their access to decision-making structures and institutions. Crucially, these dimensions tend to reinforce each other, creating spirals of vulnerability for migrants.





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Policy Options for Social Integration of Yezidi People in Europe: the Goal of a Society for All

2020/04/89798-1586163555.jpg
Read: 1726     12:30     06 Апрель 2020    

Authors - Olga A. Vorkunova , Samvel Kochoi


Part 4

Governments can act in several areas to increase Yezidi human capabilities and widen the narrow band of existing economic opportunities for them. The refugee welcome program in France has promoted shelter for more than one hundred Yezidi women and children. Post-genocide assistance programs have been launched around the world by diaspora communities of migrant workers in the non-governmental sector. These organizations have been remarkably successful in influencing health practice and the international health agenda, especially given the serious financial constraints under which they have operated. There is now a need for governments in France and Germany to work in tandem with these organizations, provide needed funding, and expand the scope of these efforts. Another key strategy is to undertake an educational reform agenda that is centered in increasing the quantity and quality of primary and secondary schooling for refugees, thus overcoming genocide. A number of actions can be taken to widen displaced peoples’ economic options, where both government and the private sector can play pivotal roles.

The ultimate impediment to social integration is the failure to honor security for all. On the other hand, it is reasonable to suppose that certain population groups in Germany and France will re-think the current concept of social integration as a big push towards greater cooperation for establishing adequate rules and institutions for the stability, security, democracy, and peace in their respective societies. As Nadia Murad noted, Yezidi women are “looking for peace and they are feeling comfortable now because they know that France is a country that wants peace. They will be safe here because it’s a country that respects the law.” Rapid reduction of the number of refugees and displaced peoples living in absolute poverty is the central goal of the European countries’ governments’ policy. Migrants not only lack sufficient income, but also cannot get the most basic health care, education, or shelter provision.

They lack access to opportunities, are isolated, and powerless. Often, migrants are excluded because of factors such as ethnicity, religion, geography, gender, and disability, with no influence in the decisions that affect their lives. The promotion of social integration encapsulates these concerns. Migration governance is committed  to combating social exclusion, to address the processes that hinder the achievement of stable, safe and just societies. Processes of social exclusion create an unstable environment in which collective well-being, including migrants’, may be ultimately threatened. European governments are fully committed to addressing the causes of social exclusion, and are in support of eliminating violence as the worst expressions of migrants’ protest against deprivation, homelessness, and school exclusion. The notion of social exclusion that has recently been at the core of policy analysts’ and practitioners’ debates emphasizes that deprivation is multi-faceted, and focuses on the relations and processes that cause deprivation. Lack of income is usually the result of lack of assets or access to labor market. Bad health and lack of education are both the cause and consequence of a low economic status. The notion of social exclusion further recognizes that low social status is not about material and physical deprivation, but involves people’s self-respect, dignity, and sense of identity, and their access to decision-making structures and institutions. Crucially, these dimensions tend to reinforce each other, creating spirals of vulnerability for migrants.





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