Voluntarios y solicitantes de asilo

La gente de las comunidades donde han llegado solicitantes de asilo y refugiados les ofrece diversas formas de apoyo ya que los Estados no les han provisto ni siquiera de lo esencial

Will Finance Policies solve the EU “Refugee Crisis”?

The German government is floating the idea of restructuring EU funds to benefit member states that take in migrants and refugees. What seems like a selfish move by the country that hosts the largest number of refugees in Europe may be an step towards resolving the lingering EU political crises

Über Flucht forschen: Herausforderungen der Flüchtlingsforschung

Refugee research is hardly institutionalised as a field of research in Germany but is widely established internationally. Despite various debates about methodology in and implications of refugee research, a comprehensive discussion about its foundational challenges is still missing. This paper first outlines refugee research as a research field and briefly illustrates its history and its object of research. It is argued that refugee research is an element of migration studies historically and thematically, yet constitutes its own field of research due to its specific focus on refugees' rights and protection. This is followed by a discussion of central challenges that research projects in this field find themselves confronted with. Firstly, the definition of "refugee" is contested and, therefore, the object of research depends on disciplines, thematic approaches, and context, making efforts to define terminology a fixture of refugee research. This makes interdisciplinary cooperation, which requires clarity about different approaches and common research frameworks, particularly difficult in a research field where such cooperation is so crucial. Transparency is also important in regards to refugee research’s relevance for practice, which is aimed at reducing suffering on the one hand and requires independence from terms and goals of practice on the other. Considering the specific vulnerability of refugees, research has to employ particularly high ethical standards of methodology and be extremely sensitive to the political implications of its research outcomes. Due to these challenges, refugee research must implement continuous reflections about its foundations in order to do justice to its subject

Bildungsarbeit von Ehrenamtlichen in der Flüchtlingsarbeit in Deutschland

Spätestens seit 2014 ist eine Zunahme an ehrenamtlicher Flüchtlingsarbeit in Deutschland zu beobachten. Das Ehrenamt spielt auch in der Bildungsarbeit eine wichtige Rolle. Dabei sind zwei Perspektiven zu unterscheiden: Bildung als Instrument der Integration und Bildung als Ziel und Kennzeichen der Integration. Zum einen ist der Unterricht für Flüchtlinge, insbesondere der Sprachunterricht, eine der häufigsten Tätigkeiten von Ehrenamtlichen in der Flüchtlingsarbeit. Zum anderen kann das zivilgesellschaftliche Engagement von Ehrenamtlichen zum Ausbau des sozialen Kapitals von Geflüchteten beitragen - eine Ressource, die für den Zugang zu Bildungsinstitutionen relevant ist. Mit Bezug auf drei Umfragen, die 2014, 2015 und 2016 unter Ehrenamtlichen in der Flüchtlingsarbeit unternommen wurden, wird diese doppelte Funktion des ehrenamtlichen Engagements für Flüchtlinge in Bezug auf Bildung dargelegt. (DIPF/Orig.)At the latest since 2014 an increase in voluntary work with refugees in Germany is to be observed. Voluntary work also plays an important role in educational work. Thereby, two perspectives are to be distinguished: education as an instrument for integration and education as an aim and as a sign for integration. Furthermore, the civil engagement of volunteers can contribute to the expansion of refugee\u27s social capital, which is of relevance for the access to educational institutions. With reference to three surveys, which were conducted 2014, 2015 and 2016 with volunteers working with refugees, the dual role of voluntary work with refugees in regards to education in outlined be formulated. (DIPF/Orig.

Chapitre 10. L’histoire de deux mémoires, ou comment l’Australia Day est devenu une commémoration de l’immigration

Le 26 janvier marque l’arrivée de la First Fleet, la Première Flotte amenant des forçats britanniques, des colons libres et des administrateurs sur le continent australien en 1788. Ce jour y est commémoré comme une fête nationale. La famille et les amis se rassemblent pour des barbecues et des pique-niques, des festivals de musique et des feux d’artifice. L’Australia Day, également appelé Anniversary Day, Foundation Day ou ANA Day, rappelle le début de la colonisation européenne en Australie,..

Australia should battle its racist ghosts, past and present

Opinion piece by J. Olaf Kleist, Endeavour Research Fellow and visiting scholar at Swinburne's Institute for Social Research. Explores the attacks on Indian students, which have shaken his belief in Australia not being a racist country