Social Work and Migration: Immigrant and Refugee Settlement and Integration

Social work increasingly finds itself at the frontline of issues pertaining to immigrant and refugee settlement and integration. In this timely book, the contributors provide the first book-length study on the challenges these issues create for the profession.The book incorporates research from studies in migration which are not widely available to social workers or included in social work literature. Readers are offered the opportunity to explore the capacity of the profession to play a primary role in the course and outcome of settlement, and to influence the integration and multicultural processes taking place at many levels in modern societies of settlement.The book fills a gap in the field by providing scholars, practitioners and students with a critical knowledge base that will strengthen their ability to engage with key issues and open up options for effective practice with their growing immigrant and refugee clients.