The Effects of Identity and Natives’ Attitudes in Young Refugee Immigrants’ Experiences and Perspectives of Integration in Larvik

The ongoing global refugee crisis has brought urgency to questions related to how integration of refugee immigrants should be approached in order to produce desirable social and economic outcomes, both for the immigrants and for the communities in which they arrive. Considering the complexity of identities in integration processes, and the significance of different attitudes towards refugee immigrants, sociocultural aspects of integration require elaborate examination - particularly from the perspective of immigrants themselves. Therefore, this study explores young refugee immigrants’ experiences of integration in Larvik, with specific attention to the roles of identity formation and percep…