eprintid: 3253
rev_number: 5
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datestamp: 2020-08-04 07:41:32
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type: thesis
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creators_name: Lindeboom, Willem Karst
creators_id: S3443396
creators_email: Wkl21@live.nl
title: DRACHTEN:  THE PLACE TO BE?
ispublished: unpub
full_text_status: public
abstract: Worldwide, more than 70 million refugees flee from an unsafe situation and seek asylum. In the Netherlands, there has been a lot of discussion about asylum seekers. 
This qualitative study, conducted among citizens of Drachten, investigates the reasons behind their attitude towards asylum seekers. Culture explains their behaviour to a great extent by means of taught norms and values. According to literature there is a strong identification with nationality related to a less accepting attitude towards asylum seekers. Frisians in this study described a strong sense of belonging, which could result in othering of the asylum seekers. Furthermore, is prejudice a cause of excluding attitudes towards asylum seekers. 
Prejudice is softened when people familiarize themselves with different cultures. Moreover, interaction with minorities positively influenced their attitude towards 
asylum seekers, in line with Allports' contact theory. 
All in all, these factors mainly explained the attitudes of citizens from Drachten towards asylum seekers. One with a sense of belonging towards asylum seekers is more likely to take responsibility in the integration process of asylum seekers.
date: 2020
pages: 27
thesis_type: bachelor
degree_programme: SGP
tutors_name: Adaawen, S.A.
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Basiseenheid Demografie
tutors_email: S.A.Adaawen@rug.nl
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keywords_local: Asylum seekers
keywords_local: Contact theory
keywords_local: Interaction
keywords_local: Prejudice
keywords_local: Culture
language_iso: en
agreed_repository: yes
date_issued: 2020-07-26
citation:   Lindeboom, Willem Karst  (2020) DRACHTEN: THE PLACE TO BE?  Bachelor thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/3253/1/Bachelor_Project_Willem_Lindeboom_s3443396_Asylum_Seekers_Drachten_PDF.pdf