Abstract

GOLDBERG, Alejandro. Refugees in Portugal and insertion processes in the university: an ethnographic inquiry. Estud. front [online]. 2020, vol.21, e050.  Epub Jan 15, 2021. ISSN 2395-9134.  https://doi.org/10.21670/ref.2008050.

This ethnographic work explores the processes of insertion of refugees in Portugal, focusing specifically on the university environment, from the perspective of the actors themselves. The field work, carried out in Lisbon during 2017-2018, was based on the selection of a sample of eight adult refugee men with complete or incomplete higher studies, to whom I conducted in-depth semi-structured interviews. The integration of refugees in the Portuguese higher education system still lacks a regulatory framework and a base of guidelines that allow the recognition of their academic qualifications; added to the structural obstacles and the deficit in the teaching of the language, their insertion processes are difficult. The instances of diagnosis and evaluation of the sectoral policies implemented should consider the voice of the actors who are the protagonists of these processes and the main recipients of the actions. Here is the contribution of this study.

Keywords : refugees; Portugal; insertion processes; university.

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