Cross-group friendship and collective action in community solidarity initiatives with displaced people and resident/nationals.

ABSTRACT: Introduction: In Ireland, people seeking asylum (displaced people) receive accommodation in a system called "Direct Provision" (DP) while they wait for their applications for protection to be processed. The living conditions of DP have been described as illegal and inhumane by national and international human rights groups, and the system exacerbates the social exclusion of displaced people. Community responses to DP by displaced people and resident/nationals of Ireland include the creation of informal groups called community solidarity initiatives (CSI), through which cross-group friendships are forged by participation in shared cultural activities. We hypothesized that, compared to non-CSI participants, participants of CSI would report more cross-group friendships, and that more c

SUBMITTER: Vine M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10106771 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature