Mass migration governance and openness toward refugees

Comparing Germany and Turkey

Bibliographic Data

ID9952798
AuthorsYiğit Erden (0000-0002-6068-0859, Department of Political Science Bilkent University Çankaya/Ankara Turkey, corresponding author), Saime Ozcurumez (0000-0003-3957-6915, Department of Sociology Başkent University Etimesgut, Ankara Turkey)
Year2024
Volume62
Issue1
Pages303-318
Publication date2024-01-08
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Migration (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-7985 • E-ISSN: 1468-2435
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/imig.13227
OpenAlexW4390670346
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited61

This study seeks answers to the question: ‘Under what conditions do communities with migration experience in refugee‐receiving states become more open toward accepting more refugees and why?’. The research seeks answers to this question by examining the attitudes of individuals ( N = 37) from Turkey who have been living in Germany for at least a year and who have sufficient familiarity with the characteristics of governance of mass migration in both countries. The findings suggest that the respondents are more pessimistic about the consequences of Turkey accepting more refugees in the future, while they are optimistic about the outcomes of the arrival of more refugees in Germany. This study posits that receiving communities' perceptions about the host state's regulatory and institutional capacity in managing mass migration and integration of refugees shape their attitudes toward the possibility of the influx of more refugees over time. The findings indicate that efficient mass migration governance in a receiving state is identified through four characteristics: (i) admission of educated refugees, (ii) proper refugee registration procedures, (iii) systematic integration processes, and (iv) effective monitoring and law enforcement mechanisms. The study concludes that local communities view public authorities as the key actors in managing the consequences of mass migration and establishing and sustaining good mass migration governance at the receiving state level is likely to facilitate positive attitudes towards accepting more refugees

Corporate governance · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Enforcement · Immigration · Mass migration · Openness to experience · Political science · Refugee · State (computer science · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology · Social Psychology