Integration of Syrian childs: Bursa Yenişehir samples

People may have to leave the place they live from time to time for different reasons. Today's wars have also brought about large waves of migration. Although immigrants who go to another country through forced migration are first seen as guests, they eventually become permanent. This brings with it an expectation for integration with the new society. Since migrating individuals have different cultural characteristics, this process can be quite long and complicated. Among immigrants, children are among those whose integration is most important. Because their children are extremely important for the future demographic structure of that society. The proportion of children and adolescents among the population coming to Turkey through forced Syrian migration is quite high. The integration of Syrian children, who will form the profiles of Syrians in Turkey in the future, is an extremely important issue. In this study, it was aimed to determine the social integration levels of children between the ages of 7 and 17 who left their country as a result of migration and resided and attended school in the Yenişehir district of Bursa, and to reveal the variables affecting this level with a quantitative method. In this context, as a result of the analysis of the data collected from a sample of one hundred and fifty Syrian children, it was seen that Syrian children achieved relative structural integration. However, it has been concluded that the level of inclusion in education is still not desirable and that this is related to insufficient economic resources and gender inequality. The social, cultural and identity integration levels of Syrian children are much lower than structural integration and are at a level below expectations. In this context, the research concluded that new policies are needed regarding the integration of Syrian children.