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"I was a stranger and you welcomed me?": Religious actors, integration and refugee rights in Croatia

While the Balkan corridor was operating different humanitarian actors, international agencies, civil society, activists and volunteers, played pivotal role in assisting refugees and other forced migrants. Some religious and faith-based organizations were actively engaged during transit as well, while today they face new challenges related to ‘post- crisis’ assistance for refugees in order to facilitate their inclusion into society. We focus on activities of religious actors in order to answer what are their present activities and practices for helping refugees and asylum seekers to integrate. Moreover, we analyse how the Balkan corridor episode motivated, and/or (re)defined their scope of activities, organizational aspects, and today's objectives. Lastly, we discuss understanding of humanitarian work among religious actors and the socio- political stance they take, alongside other humanitarian actors, contesting their roles on advocating, articulating, or defending human and refugees' rights.

refugees, Balkan corridor, humanitarian assistance, integration, religious organizations

Rad je prezentiran na polugodišnjoj konferenciji European Sociological Association: Sociology of Religion Research Network 34 (ESA RN34).