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Gendered Migration and the Social Integration of Migrants in Slovenia
not bring about the desired results. The former main way of adapting and
integrating into a new environment, arising from the Darwinist assumption
that one must adapt or die, is being superseded. New processes are increas-
ingly adopting an evolutionary form, proceeding from primary adaptation to
universal progress in the new environment. A positive integration praxis can
now be restated: adapt and integrate, integrate and thrive.
Accordingly, it should be emphasised that the interaction of migrants and
the majority population as important societal phenomena and processes is a
subject that must be constantly and repeatedly opened up. Female migrants
have become a topic in everyday political, media, education and scientific
settings that are vital to the prospects for the development of Slovenian so-
ciety. Interactive integration into society can be achieved when migrants’ in-
teractive integration is accepted from all social actors, especially those in di-
rect contact with migrants – healthcare workers, social services, media, politi-
cians, and, above all ‘ordinary’ people.
First and foremost, it is important to deal with them on a local as well as
global level, in a context which includes both ‘place’ and ‘space.’
References
Aragonés, A. M., & U. Salgado. (2018). Denmark and Norway: Matching labor
market needs with qualified migrants. Dve domovini, 44, 93–109.
Bade, K. (2005). Evropa v gibanju: migracije od poznega 18. stoletja do danes.
Ljubljana: *cf.
Castels, S. (2006). Guestworkers in Europe: A resurrection? International Migra-
tion Review, 40(4), 741–766.
Doctors of the World. (2014). Access to healthcare for the most vulnerable in a
Europe in social crisis. https://issuu.com/dotw/docs/mdm_2014_eu_report
_access_to_care
Medica, K. (2006). Večkulturnost in diskriminacija v evropskem kulturnem
okolju in v medijskih diskurzih. Monitor ISH, 8(1), 117–131.
Medica, K. (2007). Sodobne migracije in dileme varnosti. Socialno delo, 46(3),
125–133.
Medica, K. (2010). Sodobni integracijski procesi in kontroverznosti krožnih mi-
gracij. In K. Medica, G. Lukič, & M. Bufon (Eds.), Migranti v Sloveniji – med
integracijo in alienacijo (pp. 37–56). Koper, Slovenia: Annales.
Medica K., & Lukič, G. (2011). Migrantski circulus vitiosus. Koper, Slovenia: An-
nales.
Pajnik, M. (2012). Migrants as cheap labourers in Europe: Towards critical assess-
ment of integration. Migracijske i etničke teme, 28(2), 143–163.
Papastdergiadis, N. (2000). Turbulence of migration, globalization, deterritorial-
izatin and hybridity. Cambridge, England: Polity.
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not bring about the desired results. The former main way of adapting and
integrating into a new environment, arising from the Darwinist assumption
that one must adapt or die, is being superseded. New processes are increas-
ingly adopting an evolutionary form, proceeding from primary adaptation to
universal progress in the new environment. A positive integration praxis can
now be restated: adapt and integrate, integrate and thrive.
Accordingly, it should be emphasised that the interaction of migrants and
the majority population as important societal phenomena and processes is a
subject that must be constantly and repeatedly opened up. Female migrants
have become a topic in everyday political, media, education and scientific
settings that are vital to the prospects for the development of Slovenian so-
ciety. Interactive integration into society can be achieved when migrants’ in-
teractive integration is accepted from all social actors, especially those in di-
rect contact with migrants – healthcare workers, social services, media, politi-
cians, and, above all ‘ordinary’ people.
First and foremost, it is important to deal with them on a local as well as
global level, in a context which includes both ‘place’ and ‘space.’
References
Aragonés, A. M., & U. Salgado. (2018). Denmark and Norway: Matching labor
market needs with qualified migrants. Dve domovini, 44, 93–109.
Bade, K. (2005). Evropa v gibanju: migracije od poznega 18. stoletja do danes.
Ljubljana: *cf.
Castels, S. (2006). Guestworkers in Europe: A resurrection? International Migra-
tion Review, 40(4), 741–766.
Doctors of the World. (2014). Access to healthcare for the most vulnerable in a
Europe in social crisis. https://issuu.com/dotw/docs/mdm_2014_eu_report
_access_to_care
Medica, K. (2006). Večkulturnost in diskriminacija v evropskem kulturnem
okolju in v medijskih diskurzih. Monitor ISH, 8(1), 117–131.
Medica, K. (2007). Sodobne migracije in dileme varnosti. Socialno delo, 46(3),
125–133.
Medica, K. (2010). Sodobni integracijski procesi in kontroverznosti krožnih mi-
gracij. In K. Medica, G. Lukič, & M. Bufon (Eds.), Migranti v Sloveniji – med
integracijo in alienacijo (pp. 37–56). Koper, Slovenia: Annales.
Medica K., & Lukič, G. (2011). Migrantski circulus vitiosus. Koper, Slovenia: An-
nales.
Pajnik, M. (2012). Migrants as cheap labourers in Europe: Towards critical assess-
ment of integration. Migracijske i etničke teme, 28(2), 143–163.
Papastdergiadis, N. (2000). Turbulence of migration, globalization, deterritorial-
izatin and hybridity. Cambridge, England: Polity.
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