HOME AWAY FROM HOME: THE INTEGRATION OF HUNGARIAN IMMIGRANTS IN DENMARK
Author
Török, Eniko
Term
4. term
Publication year
2015
Abstract
Denne afhandling undersøger, hvordan ungarske immigranter, der er ankommet til Danmark i forskellige historiske perioder og med forskellige motiver, integreres i det danske samfund. Den placerer migrationsbølgerne i konteksten af verdenskrigene, opstanden i 1956 og nyere EU-mobilitet og sammenligner tre grupper: tidligere soldater, flygtninge efter 1956 og nutidens migranter. Formålet er at klarlægge Danmarks rolle i integrationen, holdninger til ungarske tilflyttere og de erfaringer, de gør sig med sprog, uddannelse, arbejde, sociale netværk og identitet, herunder årsager til identitetsændring eller -bevarelse. Datagrundlaget omfatter fire kvalitative interviews og en social spørgeskemaundersøgelse samt analyse af en dokumentar om ungarske soldater i Danmark under 2. verdenskrig. Metodisk kombinerer studiet grounded theory til interviewanalysen med indholdsanalyse af spørgeskemaet og dokumentaren og inddrager også en gennemgang af udviklingen i dansk udlændingelovgivning. Afhandlingen bidrager ved at fremhæve erfaringer fra både ufrivillige og frivillige migranter og ved at åbne for videre forskning i sociale og økonomiske tilpasningsstrategier. De empiriske resultater diskuteres i senere kapitler og er ikke udfoldet i dette uddrag.
This thesis examines how Hungarian immigrants who arrived in Denmark at different times and for different reasons become integrated into Danish society. It situates migration waves in the context of the world wars, the 1956 revolution, and recent EU mobility, and compares three cohorts: former soldiers, refugees after 1956, and contemporary migrants. The aim is to clarify Denmark’s role in integration, attitudes toward Hungarian newcomers, and migrants’ experiences with language, education, employment, social networks, and identity, including factors behind identity change or preservation. The data comprise four qualitative interviews and a social survey, alongside an analysis of a documentary about Hungarian soldiers in Denmark during World War II. Methodologically, the study combines grounded theory for interview analysis with content analysis of the questionnaire and the documentary, and also reviews developments in Danish immigration legislation. The thesis contributes by foregrounding the experiences of both involuntary and voluntary migrants and by opening avenues for further research on social and economic adaptation. The empirical findings are discussed in later chapters and are not detailed in this excerpt.
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