LL.M Nafisa Yeasmin’s doctoral thesis point out that there are different factors that negatively influence immigration in the north. Immigrants feel that they are socially excluded from mainstream northern society: research results suggest that immigrants from particular region are more vulnerable to being excluded than other immigrants. Local people’s attitudes towards immigrants vary based on the situations in which they encounter immigrants, the immigrants’ country of origin and educational background, the views of the respective groups, and so forth.

Dissertation argues that the trend of global immigration has an
impact on regional governance. There are important gaps that remain in global
governance, e.g. obstacles to an assessment of the economic, socio-cultural and
security- related consequences, no binding forces for the preparation of development
strategies, etc. These gaps hamper immigration management on the regional level. It
is necessary to establish binding and worldwide standards policies under
international migration law.

Therefore, this dissertation
highlights regional discourses to identify the effects that include a number of
substantial regional problems in order to integrate immigrants into the Arctic. Some
issues of governance regarding competitive economy and socio-culture ecology are
raised, focusing on state norms and policies about social sectors and actors through
the case study articles.

Employment assimilation and
earning assimilation is poorly understood phenomena in Lapland and there are
immigrant-native gaps in employment and earnings which decrease over time but still
remain a large gap. On the other hand, the hierarchical circumscription of knowledge
and responsibility among different immigrant groups demands efficient and
differential effective supervision for each group. Immigrants groups or individuals
who have a weak sense of self would be less willing to interact with others,
especially it is difficult for them to be integrated into a new social-ecological
system. Conversely, for one who has a strong sense of self, his/her territoriality
would help protect human ecology without disclosing what it is that needs protecting
which is based on Sack´s tendency. It refers a genuine cooperation between
immigrants and locals that can rectify the problems that may possibly collapse the
existing bureaucracy, which entrenches and increases the new and innovative role of
bureaucracy.

The Arctic as a geographic area does not have
a unblemished view on effective ways to integrate immigrants, although the
initiation of integration action is considered in the context of larger territory
e.g., larger cities in the Arctic. There are structural shortcomings in designing
and implementing the policies and strategies that causes implementation rate poorer
and cannot create any sustainable sharing management or responsibility among
regional actors. The rigidities of the community and society in the local context is
a disadvantage, which could threaten the integration and robust levels of access to
local resources.

Dissertation points to the alteration
process and opportunities of integration in a specific territory, and it suggests a
contingent nature of the location/territory that can establish a new conception of
territorial integration. A territorial integration can emphasize a viable economic
condition and subjective well-being that are needed for an active lifestyle, and
good territorial planning may encourage or can discourage the physical participation
of immigrants. Study argues that successful integration especially economic
integration requires firstly cooperation then coordination which denotes to formal
and informal relationships between immigrants and locals ( e.g. actors, sectors,
individuals, entrepreneurs etc). It creates will power and determination through
regular interactions and joint efforts for working together and create strength of
commitments. This intensity facilitates durable relationship which is called
collaboration. To a certain extent, this collaboration then can generate innovative
opportunities to ease successful integration especially in the Arctic.

Information on the defense:

LL.M Nafisa Yeasmin will be defending her dissertation, The governance
of immigration manifests itself in those who are being governed: Economic
integration of immigrants in Arctic perspectives, with the permission of the Faculty
of Social Sciences at the University of Lapland in lecture hall 3 on 15 November
2018 at 12 noon. The opponent is Assistant Professor Jan Brzozowski, Cracow
University of Economics. The custos is Research Professor Timo Koivurova, Arctic
Centre, University of Lapland.

Information
on the doctoral candidate:

Nafisa Yeasmin
have completed masters’ in Law from Rajshahi University, Bangladesh. She has
previously worked as a lecturer in the Prime University in Bangladesh. After coming
Rovaniemi in 2006 Yeasmin studied Finnish language and went to Finnish working life.
She worked for a long period of time with immigrants and their well-being in
Rovaniemi. Yeasmin has worked as a researcher at the Arctic Centre.

Additional information:

Nafisa Yeasmin
Nafisa.Yeasmin@ulapland.fi

Information on the publication:

Nafisa Yeasmin: The governance of immigration manifests itself in
those who are being governed: Economic integration of immigrants in Arctic
perspectives. Acta Universitatis Lapponiensis 382. University of Lapland Printing
Centre, Rovaniemi 2018. ISBN 978-952337-113-2. ISSN 0788-7604. E-version: Acta
Universitatis Lapponiensis 249. ISBN 978-952337-114-9. ISSN 1796-6310.

Ulapland/Communications & Language
Centre/ J-EK & AT