Community Support Systems and Refugee Integration: A Case Study of the Rohingya Experience in Chicago

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Brief Overview

This study employs the Rohingya population in Chicago as a case study to investigate how contemporary assimilation theories—"segmented assimilation" and "ethnic boundaries"—can explain the coethnic pathways during the integration process.

Author

• Md Kamrul Islam, University of Illinois Chicago