Local responses to hostility to new asylum seeker centres in Norway
| Published date | 01 December 2022 |
| Author | Mette Strømsø,Susanne Bygnes |
| Date | 01 December 2022 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1111/imig.12952 |
International Migration. 2022;60:3–14.
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Received: 22 Feb ruary 2021
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Accepted: 16 Novembe r 2021
DOI: 10 .1111/imig .12952
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Local responses to hostility to new asylum seeker
centres in Norway
Mette Strømsø | Susanne Bygnes
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© 2021 The Author s. International Migration published by John Wil ey & Sons Ltd on behalf of In ternational Org anization for
Migration
Departm ent of Sociology, Unive rsity of
Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Correspondence
Mette Strøms ø, Department of S ociology,
Universit y of Bergen, PO Box 780 0, Bergen
5020, Norw ay.
Email: mettestr@gmail.com
Funding information
This articl e is an outcome of the proj ect
“Imagining a nd experiencing t he refugee
crisis,” funde d by the Research Coun cil of
Norway (gr ant no. 262987).
Abstract
This article investigates disag reement over how to respond
to the establishment of asylum seeker centres in local com-
munities. Building on interv iews wi th in dividuals in one
rural and on e urban community in Nor way, we analyse ex-
periences and outcomes of the neighbourhood informatio n
meetings o rganized by the Dir ectorate of Immigrati on be-
fore openi ng the new centres. We demons trate that such
meetings hol d a broader social function, and they become
arenas to raise con cerns and manage disagreement among
neighbours. When anti- immigrant opinions expressed at
the meetings are publis hed in the media, community mem-
bers counter th e negative place representations that are
not aligned with their own self- identification. We iden-
tify three s trategies of contestation deployed to counter
negative media coverage: foreseeing conflict, claiming
exceptionalism and mobilization to volunteer. Broader im-
plications involve immigration authorities’ management of
conflict when estab lishing such centres; their scope should
not be limited to h ost- guest relations but should include
horizontal contest ation within the community.
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