Highly Qualified Immigrants and Refugees: Agency, Challenges and Opportunities across Europe – Türkiye

Ergün Özgür Liy

doi:10.14361/9783839479186

Summary

How do highly qualified immigrants and refugees navigate integration into the labor market, citizenship, and broader participation in society? Based on examples of scholars, artists, doctors, journalists and many other qualified professionals from Syria, Georgia and Caucasus in Europe and Türkiye, the contributors analyze career paths, professional transitions, and available opportunities, as well as administrative, legal, and social barriers. The volume further considers the influence of diaspora and migrant communities, transnational solidarity, and political networks on their experiences. The focus is on the agency of immigrants and refugees, highlighting their socio-economic, political contributions to host countries.

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Edition: 1/2026
Copyright Year: 2026
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8376-8312-7
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8394-7918-6
Publisher: transcript, Bielefeld
Series: The Academy in Exile Book Series
Volume: 4
Language: English
Pages: 391
Product Type: Edited Book

Frontmatter Full access Pages 1 - 7
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Acknowledgements Full access Pages 9 - 9
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Introduction. Highly Qualified Immigrants and Refugees No access Pages 11 - 32
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1 Türkiye’s Recent Citizenship‐Granting Policies Regarding Skilled Migrants No access Pages 35 - 55
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2 Employment Challenges of Highly Educated Migrants and Refugees in Türkiye No access Pages 57 - 77
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3 Navigating Multi‐Actor Dynamics No access Pages 79 - 103
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4 Circassians, Multiple Displacements, Homelands, Diasporas, Diaspora Organisations No access Pages 107 - 130
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5 Syrian Circassian Diaspora in Displacement No access Pages 131 - 155
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6 Fostering Diasporic Connections No access Pages 157 - 173
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7 Navigating Uncertainty No access Pages 175 - 195
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8 Facing an Uncertain Future No access Pages 197 - 219
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9 A Contemporary Reading of Arendt as ‘We, Scholars at Risk’ No access Pages 223 - 235
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10 New‐Exile Intellectuals No access Pages 237 - 258
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11 Political Exile from Türkiye to Germany No access Pages 259 - 279
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12 Highly Qualified Migrants Navigating Transition from Youth to Adulthood through Mobility No access Pages 283 - 300
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13 ‘Yes, Sometimes I Feel Like I’m Trapped in a Vicious Circle’ No access Pages 301 - 320
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14 The Deskilling Migration of Georgian Women in Germany No access Pages 321 - 344
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15 The Migration Pathways of Nurses from Türkiye to Germany No access Pages 345 - 368
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List of Contributors No access Pages 371 - 379
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Photos from the Workshop Highly Qualified Immigrants and Refugees on 10–11 June 2025 at the Leibniz Zentrum Moderner Orient No access Pages 381 - 390
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