“I am not a case, I’m a person,” Refugees and belonging in the Netherlands ...

“I am not a case, I’m a person”, this quote is from a young Syrian status holder/refugee in our research, expressing his disappointment on his stay in the Netherlands. He acknowledges that he is now happy to live in a safe place and to possess a residence permit to stay temporarily in the country. After his long fled from Syria to the Netherlands he is willing to start a normal life by studying and by meeting Dutch people. However, as he experienced daily, this goal seems to be too ambitious, as he is confronted with numerous obstacles (e.g. language and discrimination). He is one of the thous... Mehr ...