Incorporating a Life-Course Perspective in the Development of Research and Public Policy Impacting Older Refugees

Thrmiga Sathiyamoorthy
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Older refugees are widely recognized as one of the most at-risk populations living with multiple intersecting barriers of political insecurity, financial insolvency, and poor health. Drawing upon secondary literature, this review essay builds upon a critique of multiculturalism to argue that the successful integration of older refugees is a two-way process. This process includes: 1) refugees making active attempts to embed themselves into Canadian society, and; 2) government facilitating conditions to help refugees integrate. The social integration of refugee elders is not a personal issue. It is a public problem that requires active government intervention via generous universal benefits.  I use the life-course theoretical perspective to undertake an analysis of public policies and existing research to identify structural determinants of older refugees’ integration.
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在影响老年难民的研究和公共政策发展中纳入生命历程观点
人们普遍认为,老年难民是面临政治不安全、财政资不抵债和健康状况不佳等多重交叉障碍的最危险人群之一。借鉴二手文献,这篇评论文章建立在对多元文化主义的批评之上,认为老年难民的成功融入是一个双向的过程。这个过程包括:1)难民积极尝试融入加拿大社会;2)政府为难民融入社会创造条件。难民老年人的社会融合不是一个个人问题。这是一个公共问题,需要政府通过慷慨的普遍福利积极干预。我用生命历程理论的视角对公共政策和现有研究进行分析,以确定老年难民融入社会的结构性决定因素。
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