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Socialt arbete i samhällets gränsland: En kvalitativ studie om socialarbetares syn på socialt arbete med papperslösa
Malmö University, Faculty of Health and Society (HS), Department of Social Work (SA).
2022 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Social Work in the Borderland of Society : A Qualitative Study on Social Workers Views of Social Work with Undocumented Migrants (English)
Abstract [en]

The social worker has a professional ethics that is based, among other things, on values such as the principle of human dignity, human rights, solidarity and humanity, but they are also being affected by things such as the tightening of the immigration policy and welfare. I have therefore studied what social work with undocumented migrants in Malmö ultimately becomes and is, due to these conditions. I have studied this through the questions: 1.How do social workers in Malmö describe the social work with undocumented migrants? 2. In what ways do social workers experience that social work's support for undocumented migrants is being limited and expanded? I have investigated this through interviews with five social workers in Malmö. Based on the interviews, I could see two overall themes that responded to the questions. These are the function and form of social work and the framework of social work. I analyzed the themes and the material from the interviews with a theoretical framework that was built on the concept of borders, borderlands and recognizability and grievability. The study shows that social workers in Malmö describe social work with undocumentad migrants as work that can help out with basic needs, such as providing food and shelter. There is social work that includes open meeting places which provides the possibility to talk to someone else in order to build relationships and community. There is also socialwork that help undocumented migrants to get in contact with other authorities and organizations. Furthermore, there is social work that is pushing for structural changes and for the undocumented migrants to get their rights satisfied. The support of social work for undocumented migrants is being limited in some ways and expanded in other ways. There are frames that excludes and denies undocumented migrants there grievability but there is also a struggle to create alternative frames that makes undocumented migrants grieveble. 

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2022. , p. 41
Keywords [en]
Undocumented migrants, Irregular migration, Social work, Borders, Borderlands
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Social Work
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-54631OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-54631DiVA, id: diva2:1691729
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HS Socialt arbete
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Available from: 2022-09-08 Created: 2022-08-30 Last updated: 2022-09-08Bibliographically approved

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