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Hedlund, D., Salmonsson, L. & Sohlberg, T. (2021). Unaccompanied girls with precarious odds. The Journal of Refugee Studies, 34(4), 3871-3887
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2021 (English)In: The Journal of Refugee Studies, ISSN 0951-6328, E-ISSN 1471-6925, Vol. 34, no 4, p. 3871-3887Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Statistics made available by the Swedish Migration Agency (SMA) make it possible to follow first-decision outcomes in asylum cases concerning unaccompanied children (types of residence permits granted, percentage of rejections etc.). Yet, we know little about differences in asylum decision outcomes for unaccompanied children coming to Sweden. Therefore, we wanted to find out how gender, country of origin, and asylum reports are associated with the likelihood of being granted residency.

Asylum decisions concerning unaccompanied children were first coded inductively. These codes were later merged into larger categories that were analyzed quantitatively by logistic regression analysis. The data sample consisted of one calendar year of asylum decisions issued by the SMA. Results show that fewer girls than boys were granted asylum, and in fact, girls have an overall lower prospect of being granted residency. Results also display statistically significant gender differences in reported reasons for seeking asylum.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Oxford University Press, 2021
National Category
Law and Society
Research subject
Sociology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-424000 (URN)10.1093/jrs/feaa101 (DOI)000754315000016 ()
Note

The initial part of the work of this article was supported by the Children, Migration, Integration  (CMI) Initiative at the Stockholm Centre for the Rights of the Child, Faculty of Law, Stockholm University.

Available from: 2020-10-30 Created: 2020-10-30 Last updated: 2022-03-11Bibliographically approved
Salmonsson, L. (2014). The 'Other' Doctor: Boundary work within the Swedish medical profession. (Doctoral dissertation). Uppsala: Department of Sociology
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2014 (English)Doctoral thesis, monograph (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

This thesis is about medical doctors with immigrant backgrounds who work in Sweden. Based on 15 qualitative interviews with medical doctors with immigrant backgrounds, this thesis explores the medical doctors’ feeling of professional belonging and boundary work. This thesis focuses mainly on the doctors’ experiences of being part of the Swedish medical profession while, at the same time, being regarded as ‘different’ from their Swedish medical counterparts. It starts off with the idea that medical doctors with immigrant backgrounds may have, or could be regarded as having, contradictory social positions. By virtue of being part of the Swedish medical profession, they belong to one of the most privileged groups in Swedish society. However, due to their immigrant background these doctors do not necessarily occupy a privileged position either within their profession or in society in general. This thesis shows that doctors with immigrant backgrounds feel that they are not perceived as full-fledged doctors, which seem related to how they are somewhat ‘othered'. The results show that these doctors cope with being seen as different from doctor with non-immigrant backgrounds, by using the notion of ‘migranthood’ as a resource in negotiations in everyday work life but they also do what they can to overcome the boundaries of ‘Swedishness’. Belonging should therefore be seen as having a formal and an informal side, as getting a Swedish license does not automatically mean that you feel belonging to, in this case, the Swedish medical profession. This seems to put doctors with immigrant backgrounds in a somewhat outsider within position, which seems having to do with boundaries between who is included in the ‘us’ and in the ‘them’. Lastly, these findings indicate that sociologists need to expand the understanding of professional groups to also include boundary work within these groups. In order to do so, this thesis argues that sociological theory on professional groups could be combined with sociological theory about social positions as that is one way to understand the outsider-within position that these doctors (and presumably other skilled migrants) have to cope with.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Uppsala: Department of Sociology, 2014. p. 188
Keywords
boundaries, boundary work, ethnicity, IMG, immigrant background, medical doctors, profession, negotiations, social constructionism, social position, sociology, qualitative methods
National Category
Sociology
Research subject
Sociology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-223490 (URN)978-91-506-2395-6 (ISBN)
Public defence
2014-06-09, IX Universitetshuset, Biskopsgatan 3, Uppsala, 10:15 (Swedish)
Opponent
Supervisors
Available from: 2014-05-14 Created: 2014-04-22 Last updated: 2014-05-14
Salmonsson, L. & Mella, O. (2013). Cultural demands on skilled immigrants, a devaluation of human capital: The case of immigrant physicians in Sweden. Nordic Journal of Migration Research, 3(1), 3-9
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2013 (English)In: Nordic Journal of Migration Research, E-ISSN 1799-649X, Vol. 3, no 1, p. 3-9Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The difficulties immigrant doctors encounter can be considered as an impediment to accessing skilful work, and are thus an indication of ethnic bias. Therefore the term “devaluation of human capital” is here used to analyze one case where schooling and/or licensure from other countries are less recognized. This study focuses on the case of immigrant doctors in Sweden and their difficulties in achieving similar status positions there as their Swedish counterparts. The study is based on a qualitative study of the Swedish medical journal over time and the aim was to broaden the understanding about how the skills of immigrant doctors are described in this context. Results show that, immigrant doctors in Sweden are constructed as assets when their language-skills are helpful in relation with immigrant patients. In this case the human capital of immigrant doctors is not devaluated, but often they are also considered as a threat to the ‘trustworthiness’ of the profession of doctors. Cultural authorization is a concept presented in this article that can help describing a profession’s way of re-evaluating immigrant professionals.

Keywords
Skilled immigration; social capital; physicians; devaluation; professional change
National Category
Social Sciences
Research subject
Sociology; Social Medicine
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-199541 (URN)10.2478/v10202-012-0008-6 (DOI)
Available from: 2013-05-07 Created: 2013-05-07 Last updated: 2024-01-17Bibliographically approved
Salmonsson, L. (2012). Comparing professional experiences: International medical graduates in Canada and Sweden. In: : . Paper presented at 16th Nordic Migration Research Conference.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Comparing professional experiences: International medical graduates in Canada and Sweden
2012 (English)Conference paper, Published paper (Other academic)
National Category
Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-187201 (URN)
Conference
16th Nordic Migration Research Conference
Available from: 2012-12-04 Created: 2012-12-04 Last updated: 2013-05-29Bibliographically approved
Salmonsson, L. (2012). How do we tell the story of out informants?. In: : . Paper presented at 29th Annual Qualitatives 2012. New Foundland: Memorial University
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2012 (English)Conference paper, Oral presentation only (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
New Foundland: Memorial University, 2012
National Category
Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-187199 (URN)
Conference
29th Annual Qualitatives 2012
Available from: 2012-12-04 Created: 2012-12-04 Last updated: 2013-05-29Bibliographically approved
Salmonsson, L. (2011). Negotiated feeling of belonging among doctors with immigrant background in Sweden. In: : . Paper presented at 10th Conference of the European Sociological Association on Sociology of Children and Childhood, 7 september, 2011,Geneva, Switzerland.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Negotiated feeling of belonging among doctors with immigrant background in Sweden
2011 (English)Conference paper, Published paper (Other academic)
National Category
Sociology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-163112 (URN)
Conference
10th Conference of the European Sociological Association on Sociology of Children and Childhood, 7 september, 2011,Geneva, Switzerland
Available from: 2011-12-07 Created: 2011-12-07 Last updated: 2013-05-29Bibliographically approved
Salmonsson, L. (2011). The Need for and Intersectional Understanding of Discrimination of Doctors with Immigrant Background in Sweden. In: : . Paper presented at Nordic Migration Research Conference 2010.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>The Need for and Intersectional Understanding of Discrimination of Doctors with Immigrant Background in Sweden
2011 (English)Conference paper, Oral presentation only (Other academic)
National Category
Sociology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-163113 (URN)
Conference
Nordic Migration Research Conference 2010
Available from: 2011-12-07 Created: 2011-12-07 Last updated: 2013-05-29Bibliographically approved
Salmonsson, L. (2010). 'Cultural Authorization' and doctors trained outside the EU/EEA: A Grounded Theory Approach. Paper presented at 15th Nordic Migration Reserach Conference.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>'Cultural Authorization' and doctors trained outside the EU/EEA: A Grounded Theory Approach
2010 (English)Conference paper, Published paper (Other academic)
National Category
Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-134304 (URN)
Conference
15th Nordic Migration Reserach Conference
Available from: 2010-11-24 Created: 2010-11-24 Last updated: 2012-12-04
Salmonsson, L. & Mella, O. (2010). Medical and 'Cultural Authorization': A study of Professional Health journals in Sweden. Paper presented at XVII World Congress of Sociology, International Sociological Association, Gothenburg.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Medical and 'Cultural Authorization': A study of Professional Health journals in Sweden
2010 (English)Conference paper, Published paper (Other academic)
National Category
Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-134303 (URN)
Conference
XVII World Congress of Sociology, International Sociological Association, Gothenburg
Available from: 2010-11-24 Created: 2010-11-24 Last updated: 2012-12-04
Salmonsson, L. (2007). Grundad teori vid organisationsanalys (1ed.). In: Orlando Mella (Ed.), Kvalitativa analyser med grundad teori: Teoretiska perspektiv och tillämpningar (pp. 67-82). Uppsala: Universitetstryckeriet
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2007 (Swedish)In: Kvalitativa analyser med grundad teori: Teoretiska perspektiv och tillämpningar / [ed] Orlando Mella, Uppsala: Universitetstryckeriet , 2007, 1, p. 67-82Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Uppsala: Universitetstryckeriet, 2007 Edition: 1
Keywords
grounded theory, qualitative methods
National Category
Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-134305 (URN)978-91-506-1921-8 (ISBN)
Available from: 2010-11-24 Created: 2010-11-24 Last updated: 2012-12-04
Organisations
Identifiers
ORCID iD: ORCID iD iconorcid.org/0000-0002-3565-7569

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