IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/lpadxx/v43y2020i2p166-175.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The Role of Nongovernmental Organizations in Refugee and Immigrant Integration: A Qualitative Exploratory Study of Seoul, South Korea

Author

Listed:
  • Jesus N. Valero
  • Georgina Griffith-Yates
  • Soo Stephanie Kim
  • Hyung Jun Park
  • Kyujin Jung
  • Min Jeong Kim
  • Minhyuk Cho

Abstract

For centuries, South Korea has been a largely homogenous society. In recent decades, however, South Korea has experienced an influx of immigrants and refugees, raising the need to understand the needs and challenges facing this vulnerable population and the extent to which nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) play a role in the integration process. This study explores this issue through a qualitative exploratory study of 20 NGOs in Seoul, South Korea who serve immigrants and refugees. Findings indicate that NGOs play a critical role through a diverse set of services, but their efforts are challenged by lack of support and collaboration from other cross-sector actors.

Suggested Citation

  • Jesus N. Valero & Georgina Griffith-Yates & Soo Stephanie Kim & Hyung Jun Park & Kyujin Jung & Min Jeong Kim & Minhyuk Cho, 2020. "The Role of Nongovernmental Organizations in Refugee and Immigrant Integration: A Qualitative Exploratory Study of Seoul, South Korea," International Journal of Public Administration, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 43(2), pages 166-175, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:lpadxx:v:43:y:2020:i:2:p:166-175
    DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2019.1694036
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/01900692.2019.1694036
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1080/01900692.2019.1694036?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:taf:lpadxx:v:43:y:2020:i:2:p:166-175. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Longhurst (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.tandfonline.com/lpad .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.