%0 Journal Article %T Intercultural Capital and Social Integration of Refugees %A Nikolaos Nagopoulos %A Ouael Sarsour %A Dimitris Paraskevopoulos %J Open Journal of Social Sciences %P 353-365 %@ 2327-5960 %D 2023 %I Scientific Research Publishing %R 10.4236/jss.2023.113025 %X Migration is linked over time to the features that constitute a process of civilization. In order to meet subsistence needs in the host country, migrant populations seek employment opportunities and improved living conditions. This reality is reflected through the interaction of the host society with newcomers at the level of social inclusion, which may be hampered by limited cultural capacities and resources. At the local level, limited cooperation between local authorities, intercultural tensions lack of equal access to selected cultural goods, lack of structural approaches and the reluctance of some organisations to the wider cultural spectrum to maintain participation in common social life are factors influencing social inclusion prospects. However, where cultural diversity thrives, diversity is protected by critical actors in local communities and intercultural capital is strengthened, as social cohesion is promoted and possible tensions arising from different perceptions and attitudes towards value models are addressed and cultural goods. The aim of the article is to record and study the range of cultural differences that arise and affect the process of social integration of refugees. This contribution was made in the framework of Action 1.6 ¡°[eAegean_DIG REFUGE] Refugee Crisis Knowledge and Action Platform¡±, as it is part of the Research e-Infrastructure ¡°[e-Aegean R & D Network] R & D Network in Aegean Archipelagos: Supporting Regional Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Excellence¡± {Code Number MIS 5046494} which is implemented within the framework of the ¡°Regional Excellence¡± Action of the Operational Program ¡°Competitiveness, %K Civilization %K Culture %K Interculturality %K Integration %K Refugees %K Immigrants %U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=123986