Classe sociale et contexte d'asile : les parcours d'exil réfugié.e.s syrien.ne.s réinstallé.e.s au Canada
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https://doi.org/10.25071/1920-7336.40927Keywords:
Syrian Refugees, social class, forced migration, Canada, BourdieuAbstract
This article mobilizes a approach for analyzing the influence of social class on the exile pathways of 20 Syrian government assisted refugee (GARS) families who arrived in Canada between 2015 and 2016. Our results demonstrate the existence of heterogeneity in class positioning within the Syrian GARS category, specifically with respect to the ability to mobilize and convert various types of capital (economic, social and cultural) to access migration out of Syria while staying in the different asylum contexts of Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan.
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