The so-called refugee crisis represents one of the biggest contemporary political and social challenges. Although many African countries have been dealing with forced migratory and refugee movements for decades, their experiences have so far largely been neglected in the predominantly Eurocentric public debate. The present volume aims to bridge this gap by providing comparative African and European perspectives from different disciplines, highlighting the challenges but also potential mutual benefits of social diversification, and offering an insight into possible solution strategies.
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1 Introduction - Working Together to See Further: European and African Perspectives on Refugees and Forced Migrants Compared |
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2 Historical and Legal Perspectives: Migration and Social Rights in a Globalized Society |
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The Development of Refugee Protection in Africa: From Cooperation to Nationalistic Prisms |
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EU `Asylum System'- Elements, Failure and Reform Prospects |
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37 | (32) |
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Africa and the Refugee Crisis: A Socio-Legal Inquiry |
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3 Political Perspectives: Migration Governance between Treating Symptoms and Combating Causes |
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How to Make Europe's Immigration Policies More Efficient and More Humane |
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97 | (10) |
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Emerging Debates on Experiences and Challenges of Refugee Protection in Africa and Europe |
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107 | (22) |
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4 Cultural Perspectives: Dealing with Difference in Urban Environments |
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`Ethnic Neighborhoods' and/or Cosmopolitanism: The Art of Living Together |
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129 | (22) |
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Refugees and Forced Migration from Eritrea and Ethiopia to Sudan |
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5 Challenging the Deficit Perspective: Benefits and Pitfalls of Diversification |
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Experiences and Perceptions of Refugees and Forced Migrants in the EU, Aiming to Cross an Internal Schengen Border |
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Life in Refugee Camps: The Challenges of Refugees with Disability in Kenya |
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Index of Authors |
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Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Wacker holds the Chair of Sociology of Diversity at the Technical University of Munich and is Max Planck Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy.
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Becker, LL.M. (EHI), is Director at the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy, Munich.
Katharina Crepaz, Ph.D., is a post-doctoral research associate at the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy and at the Chair of Sociology of Diversity, Technical University of Munich.