The importance of intercultural communication skills for refugee integration

Because refugees come from different regions with their own cultural, religious, linguistic practices, the new social culture of the host country may conflict with their home culture, causing tensions between those communities and language barriers between individuals or groups, which raises the issue of intercultural communication. mainly in front of social assistance professionals. In order to have a smooth communication - without obstacles - a common language is needed. But "language" does not just mean vocabulary, it also implies specific rules for organizing speech, as well as a certain meaning assigned to words.