Forced Migrants' Experiences of Family Reunification 2018-2020

This dataset consists of 38 interviews on family reunification with people who migrated to Finland as refugees or asylum seekers. The interviewees had either not yet completed the family reunification process or had given up on bringing their family to Finland because the process had been too difficult. The data were collected as part of the 'Family Separation, Migration Status and Everyday Security: Experiences and Strategies of Vulnerable Migrants' research project funded by the Academy of Finland. Main themes of the interviews included the interviewees' experiences of the family reunification process as well as their everyday life in their home country and in Finland. The interviewees were also asked how it felt to be apart from their family, whether the separation had affected their relations with their family, and whether they had found anyone in Finland who they could trust. Interview questions also focused on the interviewees' plans for the future. Background information varied in each interview. All interviews included the interviewee's age group, gender, and original home country as background information. Additionally, many interviewees mentioned how far along they were in the family reunification process, as well as their mother tongue and family structure. The data were organised into an easy to use HTML version at FSD. 30 of the interview transcripts are in English and 8 in Finnish. The dataset is only available in the original languages.

本数据集收录了38篇访谈记录，访谈对象为迁移至芬兰的难民或寻求庇护者。受访者中，部分人尚未完成家庭团聚程序，或因团聚过程过于艰难而放弃将家人带至芬兰。数据收集是芬兰科学院资助的“家庭分离、迁移状态与日常生活安全：脆弱移民的经验与策略”研究项目的一部分。访谈的主要主题包括受访者对家庭团聚过程的体验，以及他们在原籍国和芬兰的日常生活。受访者还被询问了与家人分离的感受，分离是否影响了他们的家庭关系，以及他们是否在芬兰找到了可信赖的人。访谈问题还聚焦于受访者的未来规划。每位受访者的背景信息各异，包括年龄段、性别和原籍国。此外，许多受访者还提及了他们在家庭团聚过程中的进展情况，以及他们的母语和家庭结构。数据已被整理成易于使用的HTML版本，存储于FSD。其中30篇访谈记录为英文，8篇为芬兰语。数据集仅提供原始语言版本。