The aim of this study was to provide a more theoretically informed account of the movement Willkommenskultur in Germany. The focus was to scrutinize the relationships between the concept of integration and the role of the host society. I perceived the volunteers in the Willkommenskultur projects as a part of the host society. My aim was to understand why the volunteers are helping the refugees and how is this related to their understandings of the notions
“integration” and “Willkommenskultur”. I believe that the results of the study stress the importance of the understanding of integration by the local society. When the local society perceive integration as a two-way process, they take a more positive approach towards the refugees and they might take part in the integration process. Esser`s theory of social integration shows that the host society must be active in all four levels of the social integration and that without the opportunities that are provided by host society, the refugees cannot reach any of the four levels. These levels are culturation, positioning, interaction and identification. The host society must participate in the integration process because refugees cannot integrate themselves on their own, no matter how much they try.
Besides, the study has also indicated that volunteers` understanding of integration as a two-way process, influences on their perception of Willkommenskultur. I argue that without their understanding of Willkommenskultur as a part of integration process, they would not become volunteers themselves.
In the end of previous chapter, I exposed few weaknesses of the Willkommenskultur. However, I believe that the active host society within the Willkommenskultur movement is a crucial element for successful integration.
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7.1. Suggestions for further research
Throughout the thesis it was emphasised many times that my study consists only eight volunteers which is not representative sample. Therefore, there should be done research in a much larger scale. Besides, this study has touched upon many interesting issues that need to be further researched. One of them is definitely the relationship between the Willkommenskultur and the anti-refugee movement, especially the potential effects of the first one on the minimizing the latter. For a study about that would be probably more appropriate to conduct a study in the areas with stronger anti-refugee movement.
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