How the framing of asylum seekers by populist parties affects their sense of home
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2025-06-20
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This study conducts a qualitative research in how the framing of populist parties influences the sense of home from refugees in Nijmegen. It does so by conducting a document analysis of the latest two election programs of the PVV which show three frames are used the most: the Islam-as-a-threat frame, the restrictive frame and the intruder frame. Furthermore it searches how refugees rebuild their sense of home in Nijmegen and which psychological and physical elements impact this the most by conducting interviews with refugees. This showed that emotional safety, social interactions and spatial stability are the main contributors to rebuilding a sense of home and fostering a sense of belonging. At last it seeks to find if the rise populist parties have an effect on the lived experiences of refugees in daily live. By combining the interviews and theory it revealed that the constant threat of the possibility to be excluded did influence the experiences of refugees. Although the local, friendly environment of Nijmegen caused there to be no constant fear in their daily lives.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen