ABSTRACT
In this chapter we interrogate toleration as a deep practice and legitimate expectation expressed towards refugees. Toleration as a deep practice includes a moment of adversity (experience of resistance), a moment of intensity (experience of effort and engagement) and a moment of commitment (an experience that requires endurance). From the perspective of value pluralism toleration shows its intrinsic and instrumental value for societies. We want to examine the question of the extent to which toleration as a deep practice is a legitimate expectation that both refugees and the population of the host society can place against each other. So we are dealing here with the criteria of legitimacy under non-ideal circumstances, in a particular asymmetric relationship. Finally, we will consider empirical research data from stake holders of the second Humanitarian Corridor in Italy that brought 500 refugees on a legal pathway to Italy between November 2017 and February 2019; the management of the expectations of social workers, refugees, volunteers and local politicians has been identified as a key factor in the integration efforts with distinct challenges to attitudes and practices of toleration.
