A study of South Asian Refugee’s Settlement Experiences in Estonia

This paper presents the experiences of South Asian refugees in Estonia and their subsequent
settlement procedure by using Anthony Giddens’s concept of Structure and Agency.
Investigation was carried out by a qualitative approach with a sample of South Asian
refugees who have settled in Estonia. Focus was to address how respondents express their
agency within a given structure of a new society. In light of the outcomes, individual
preferences and differences of thinking level was evident and it is argued that they form
heterogeneous presence in contrast to what they are being portrayed of mere victims or
sufferers by general understanding.