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Introduction Introduction
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Background to the Study Background to the Study
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Methodology Methodology
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Understanding Young Afghan Refugees Understanding Young Afghan Refugees
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Complex identities Complex identities
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Attitudes towards homeland and return Attitudes towards homeland and return
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Growing up in the mirror of the ‘others’: expectations of one’s homeland Growing up in the mirror of the ‘others’: expectations of one’s homeland
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The Challenges of Resettling in Afghanistan The Challenges of Resettling in Afghanistan
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Meeting material needs Meeting material needs
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Social rejection of returnees Social rejection of returnees
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Unequal treatment in the Afghan context Unequal treatment in the Afghan context
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Questioning self-identity and belonging Questioning self-identity and belonging
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The impact of the transition on women The impact of the transition on women
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From Mohajer to Hamwatan: Ongoing Negotiation and Ambiguous Future From Mohajer to Hamwatan: Ongoing Negotiation and Ambiguous Future
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Balancing material, social, and internal fulfilment needs Balancing material, social, and internal fulfilment needs
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Watan: a key pull factor Watan: a key pull factor
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Conclusions Conclusions
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References References
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5. From Mohajer to Hamwatan: The Reintegration Experiences of Second generation Afghans Returning from Pakistan and Iran
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Published:August 2010
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Abstract
In addition to the traumatic and post-traumatic effects migration has on young refugees, prolonged displacement poses a greater effect. It affects the young refugees’ perception of their selves, homeland and future. Reintegration of young refugees is more difficult as most of them have profound alienated feelings towards their homeland which they feel that they barely know and they often feel intense attachment to the host country in which they grew up. This chapter addresses some gaps to better understand the less visible social and emotional trajectories experienced by young Afghan refugees in the process of reintegration to their homeland. It examines the personal journeys resulting from the respondent’s experiences of Iran and Pakistan, and their return to Afghanistan: their resettlement and their remigration. It highlights the expectations and the meaning of returning and repatriation to the homeland through the perspectives of the young refugees. The first section of the chapter provides a background to the study and the approach for the selection of a target group. The next section discusses the contradictory characteristics of young Afghan refugees who grew up as refugees in Pakistan and Iran, and looks at their perceptions and expectations with regard to Afghanistan. The last sections are devoted to the discussion of the barriers to successful reintegration and the key issues which can provide support to young returning Afghans beyond material assistance.
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