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The Social Integration of Vietnamese Migrants in Bratislava: (In)Visible Actors in Their Local Community

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Hlinčíková M.
Central and Eastern European Migration Review
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2015
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vol. 4
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issue 1
41-52
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The paper examines the integration of Vietnamese migrants through the particular experience of migrants from Vietnam living in Bratislava. From a theoretical perspective, the paper draws upon the research of social anthropologists Nina Glick Schiller and Ayse Çağlar. From a research perspective, it is based on ethnographic interviews and participant observation in a particular neighbourhood in Bratislava where migrants from Vietnam are concentrated. I consider the social relations between migrants and non-migrants; children as cultural mediators; and how the public space of this multicultural neighbourhood is seen by different actors. The research data reveal that there are different forms of integration and a variety of social structures among migrants from Vietnam in Bratislava. Although the Vietnamese are widely accepted by other residents of Bratislava, their everyday interactions occur only within designated symbolic spaces – they are accepted if they are not too visible, speak Slovak and make no collective demands on the community.
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HOMELESS FAMILIES IN THE CIRCLE OF CONTINUOUS CHANGE. HOUSING CRISIS IN THE SLOVAK CONTEXT

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Hlinčíková M.
Slovenský národopis (Slovak Ethnology)
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2024
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vol. 72
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issue 3
288 – 306
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Households with children, especially single-parent households and those with three or more children are the most endangered by inadequate housing in Slovakia. Even though both national and local social policies in Slovakia prioritize family protection, current housing policy reflects a general discourse on housing based on the principle of transitional housing, merit and personal responsibility, which generally results in public housing policies in Slovakia having entry conditions that are unaffordable for homeless people or those with low incomes. This text is based on the results of applied qualitative research conducted by Amnesty International Slovakia’s research team in three cities in Slovakia. Our research team conducted 111 interviews1 using the methods of semi-structured and informal interviews from May 2023 until February 2024. I will examine here what options families have if they lose housing or are at risk of losing it. I am interested in how the public social system is set up in practice, and how it can respond to the problems of individual families facing housing loss. Cities are responsible for providing social rental housing. Therefore, I will investigate the conditions and thresholds of public housing and social services providing temporary housing at the local level. I also observe this pervasive discourse of deservingness in public policies and narratives of social workers, city representatives, officials, clients of social services and tenants in municipal housing.
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