Legislation reflecting the social climate is enacted whenever people become acutely aware of the lack of cultural homogeneity. People tend to react negatively when they feel normal changing. Native residents share common values and beliefs that create a culture of sameness, however, when refugees come in a culture of difference is created, and this difference threatens their homogeneity. The percentage of refugees that are accepted for the resettlement process is less than 1%. However, refugees are resettled in clustered groups which makes the native residents feel a change in homogeneity. During resettlement, young women with “refugee backgrounds experience elevated rates of teen pregnancy and early parenthood relative to other young women” (McMichael, 2013). As a result, the lack of homogeneity becomes conspicuous.
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Consequently, this apparent lack of cultural homogeneity induces an anxiety reaction that eventually manifests into xenophobic and racist attitudes towards the refugees from the native residents. Xenophobic and racist attacks will prompt government to respond through legislation aimed at controlling social change. When consensus shows disapproval towards refugees, governments have to tighten their borders and regulations to curb the number of asylum seekers who enter their borders seeking refuge. Governments are the only ones authorized to determine whether or not an asylum seeker qualifies as a refuge under the provisions set forth by the UNHCR. The number of applicants approved for asylum is less than 10%. The government typically employs two strategies that work together to control social change; containing applicants seeking refugee status and restricting their access to social rights. These restrictionist policies curb the number of immigrants who enter the country seeking asylum by further discouraging those seeking economic opportunities to refrain from applying. Cultural homogeneity is maintained through prolonged mandatory stays in reception centers. While in the center, asylum applicants are isolated from the outside world because under no circumstance are they allowed to leave the premises of the accommodation centers. Simultaneously, applicants are restricted access to social rights. “The whole range of welfare benefits, from education to health care and pensions has become a target for those wishing to restrict the rights of foreigners” (Hollifield, 2000: 114). This restrictions act as determents for asylum seekers. Whenever present, the enforcement of these restrictions has shown a decrease in the number of people who apply for asylum. The decrease is speculated to be the result of fraud applicants realizing their economic needs will not be met in the country that they are in. Using centers also always to government to regulate individuals. They can run background checks to rule out people who pose a national security threat, but even those who pose a burden on the economy due to certain long term illnesses, such as HIV, hepatitis, and other chronic diseases, or those with acute infectious diseases such as Ebola, Influenza, etc. Having asylum seekers secluded reduces the feeling of invasion in the communities of native residents. Reception centers that hold applicants for prolonged periods of time stops the integration of asylum seekers into mainstream society. They are unable to be productive members of society, and their seclusion fosters an altered reality in their host country. For those applicants who later receive asylum, they are proceed with caution making sure to avoid situations that might lead them to trouble with the law. They will keep to themselves and not interact with anyone that appears different from them. Consequently, asylum seekers are bound to be discriminated against, and are the scape goats of everything that goes bad. Asylum seekers are blamed for the deterioration of the “pure” culture because aspects of their culture become integrated in their society. In countries where the ontology of the native residents is not …show more content…
Asylum seekers will be secluded from general society, and refugees will have communities that will isolate them from mainstream communities. Asylum seekers and refugees are seen as the causes of bad events, thus the main agenda is to deter other asylum seekers and refugees from entering the country. However, when homogeneity is secure, asylum seekers and refugees are embraced by the policies in their new society. They are made to feel welcome, and are likely to experience equality and compassion from numerous members in their new
Consequently, this apparent lack of cultural homogeneity induces an anxiety reaction that eventually manifests into xenophobic and racist attitudes towards the refugees from the native residents. Xenophobic and racist attacks will prompt government to respond through legislation aimed at controlling social change. When consensus shows disapproval towards refugees, governments have to tighten their borders and regulations to curb the number of asylum seekers who enter their borders seeking refuge. Governments are the only ones authorized to determine whether or not an asylum seeker qualifies as a refuge under the provisions set forth by the UNHCR. The number of applicants approved for asylum is less than 10%. The government typically employs two strategies that work together to control social change; containing applicants seeking refugee status and restricting their access to social rights. These restrictionist policies curb the number of immigrants who enter the country seeking asylum by further discouraging those seeking economic opportunities to refrain from applying. Cultural homogeneity is maintained through prolonged mandatory stays in reception centers. While in the center, asylum applicants are isolated from the outside world because under no circumstance are they allowed to leave the premises of the accommodation centers. Simultaneously, applicants are restricted access to social rights. “The whole range of welfare benefits, from education to health care and pensions has become a target for those wishing to restrict the rights of foreigners” (Hollifield, 2000: 114). This restrictions act as determents for asylum seekers. Whenever present, the enforcement of these restrictions has shown a decrease in the number of people who apply for asylum. The decrease is speculated to be the result of fraud applicants realizing their economic needs will not be met in the country that they are in. Using centers also always to government to regulate individuals. They can run background checks to rule out people who pose a national security threat, but even those who pose a burden on the economy due to certain long term illnesses, such as HIV, hepatitis, and other chronic diseases, or those with acute infectious diseases such as Ebola, Influenza, etc. Having asylum seekers secluded reduces the feeling of invasion in the communities of native residents. Reception centers that hold applicants for prolonged periods of time stops the integration of asylum seekers into mainstream society. They are unable to be productive members of society, and their seclusion fosters an altered reality in their host country. For those applicants who later receive asylum, they are proceed with caution making sure to avoid situations that might lead them to trouble with the law. They will keep to themselves and not interact with anyone that appears different from them. Consequently, asylum seekers are bound to be discriminated against, and are the scape goats of everything that goes bad. Asylum seekers are blamed for the deterioration of the “pure” culture because aspects of their culture become integrated in their society. In countries where the ontology of the native residents is not …show more content…
Asylum seekers will be secluded from general society, and refugees will have communities that will isolate them from mainstream communities. Asylum seekers and refugees are seen as the causes of bad events, thus the main agenda is to deter other asylum seekers and refugees from entering the country. However, when homogeneity is secure, asylum seekers and refugees are embraced by the policies in their new society. They are made to feel welcome, and are likely to experience equality and compassion from numerous members in their new