Negotiating social belonging: A case study of second‐generation Kurds in London

This qualitative study aims to contribute our understanding of how second-generation immigrants negotiate their multiple identities, and construct feelings belonging. We focus on ethnic Kurds, a stateless group with complex political social history, who have seldom been investigated in UK context. Drawing data from interviews 14 Kurds living the UK, this paper outlines tensions Kurds' lived experiences Kurdish British identity; particular, feeling “othered” manifests relation identities. found that most commonly dealt some they experienced not belonging or like an “other” by constructing new identities more permeable boundaries belonging; study, was achieved through “place-based” identity. In sum, offers novel contribution discourses belonging, demonstrating nuances its complexities manifest UK-based resultant strategies adopt navigate tensions.