Thinking behind the numbers: A test case for identifying and understanding factors of national cultural resistance that hinder integration of refugees

PhD project will likely to focus on cultural resistance and the migration of refugees and cultural issues of their integration into Lithuanian society. The project on why there is resistance to immigration, what form it takes and, how it is originated, - is in its beginning phases. I will seek to investigate the phenomenon of cultural resistance of local people and its impact on the integration of refugees and try to develop cultural models of how Lithuanians think about refugees while these models will impact on the ability of them to accept refugees and immigrants as full citizens of the country.