Navigating Labour Inclusion: The Lived Experiences of Refugee Women in Local Contexts

Project info

Work package
  • Inclusion
Sustainability threat
  • External Shocks
  • Feedback Cycles
Challenge
  • Accommodating newcomers

Study info

Description of Study
This chapter investigates how integration policies in Wallonia, Belgium shape the lived experiences of refugees by requiring labour participation in ways that primarily serve the needs of the host society. We conceptualise integration as a form of symbolic power that confines migrants to their role as contributing workers, often misaligned with the complex realities of their refugee lives. Drawing on semi-structured interviews conducted in 2025 in Liège with refugees and public administration officials involved in the civic integration programme, the analysis demonstrates how refugees, specifically racialised women, navigate integration's institutional context.
Study research question
Collection provenance
  • Collected during project
Collection methods
  • Interview
  • Focus Group
  • Text Analysis
Personal data
Yes
External Source
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Data types
  • Unstructured
Languages
  • English
  • French
  • Dutch
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Collection period start
01/01/2025
Collection period end

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Ethics

Ethical assessment
Yes
Ethical committee
Utrecht University's Faculty of Humanities' Ethics Committee