| dc.description.abstract | Conflict and war can cause detrimental refugee crises and force many to seek asylum in new host countries. However, when people from both sides of a conflict migrate to the same country, how do they co-exist? And how does emigration affect the levels of tension between them? In order to address these issues, I have conducted in depth semi structured interviews to gather data on the relations between the Eritrean and Ethiopian diaspora in Oslo from an Ethiopian perspective. To my knowledge, there is little to no previous research on this topic which makes this exploratory thesis an important foundation for future research. In this project I find a complex phenomenon with no simple answer. Emigration from a conflict appears to decrease levels of tension between groups that have previously been in conflict, but it does not remove the tension entirely. Moreover, the communal experience of tension between the Eritrean and Ethiopian community varies as individuals have different experiences from the war between Eritrea and Ethiopia, and different relations to the communities in Oslo. However, I find that the levels of tension between the Eritrean and Ethiopian community, and internally in the Ethiopian community in Oslo, is highly dependent on the political situation in Eritrea and Ethiopia. | eng |