Refugees enrolling in host country higher education can improve their position in the labour market. However, little is known about the patterns underlying enrolment, and existing studies have only examined explanations at the individual level. This is problematic because opportunities to enrol in education are also dependent upon structural factors, and by ignoring this, studies run the risk of depicting non‐enrolment as a consequence of individual shortcomings. We address this issue through the notion of arrival infrastructures and argue that existing infrastructures at multiple spatial scales may support or discourage enrolment. By focusing on the Netherlands, we were able to follow the enrolment of all registered refugees that arrived between 2014 and 2017 over time using registry data. We find that the accessibility of education, the municipal political climate and regional economic conditions influence educational enrolment. These findings show that dispersal policies can have detrimental effects on the social mobility of refugees.

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高等教育的入境基础设施和难民入学率


参加东道国高等教育的难民可以提高他们在劳动力市场的地位。然而，人们对入组模式知之甚少，现有的研究只考察了个体层面的解释。这是有问题的，因为入学机会也取决于结构性因素，而忽视这一点，研究就有可能将未入学描述为个人缺点的结果。我们通过到达基础设施的概念来解决这个问题，并认为多个空间尺度的现有基础设施可能支持或阻碍入学。通过关注荷兰，我们能够使用登记数据跟踪 2014 年至 2017 年间抵达的所有登记难民的登记情况。我们发现，教育的可及性、城市政治气候和区域经济条件都会影响教育入学率。这些发现表明，分散政策会对难民的社会流动性产生不利影响。