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The Nordic perspective on migration and empowerment.
Berit Misund Dahl1, Sofie Buch Mejsner2, Leena Eklund Karlsson2
1Department of Health Sciences in Ålesund, NTNU-Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Âlesund, NO 6025, Norway.
Health Promotion International
|April 9, 2020
Summary
Nordic government policies often position migrants passively, lacking an empowerment perspective. This approach may negatively impact migrant health, well-being, and integration into Nordic societies.
Area of Science:
- Social Sciences
- Political Science
- Sociology
Background:
- International migration presents complex economic, social, and security challenges.
- Nordic countries face increased migration, making it a contentious political issue.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze governmental policy documents on migrants in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden.
- To identify and compare how migrants are described from an empowerment perspective in these policies.
Main Methods:
- Critical discourse analysis was applied to policy documents from each Nordic country.
Main Results:
- All analyzed policy documents depicted migrants in passive roles regarding decision-making.
- An empowerment perspective was notably absent across all examined Nordic policies.
- Migrants were consistently framed as societal problems rather than potential resources, prioritizing welfare state and cultural protection.
Conclusions:
- The absence of an empowerment perspective in Nordic migration policies may adversely affect migrant health, well-being, and societal integration.
- Further inquiry is needed into migration and empowerment within the Nordic context.
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