Rebuilding home in different citizenship regimes. How Syrian refugees reconstruct their social lives, experience belonging and organise themselves in two European cities and their hinterlands. Ghent University
Since 2015 more than one million Syrians have fled to Europe. Government officials increasingly seem to consider sending them ‘back’ as soon as the Syrian conflict calms down. Yet where do Syrians themselves think they belong? The home they left behind is often irretrievably lost, and the memories to violence too fresh and painful to return. At the same time many refugees in Europe struggle to find work, affordable housing and recognition. ...