Local integration policy towards persons under international protection in Berlin. Innovation after 2015+

• Authors: Gołębiowska Klaudia , Szulc Natalia
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this article we analyse innovative integration programmes functioning in Berlin after 2015 for persons living under international protection. We focus on socio-spatial initiatives. Our main hypothesis is that the only effective way to integrate is to live in one’s neighbourhood. Therefore, we present programmes such as BENN or Berlin Mondiale. Our work also reaches out to educational innovations, such as coding schools for international protection beneficiaries. They confirm our hypothesis that effective integration requires cooperation of government and NGOs with the private sector. We identify voluntary participation of persons under international protection and co-creating the image of integration programs. The article is informative and may serve as a basis for further analyses of local integration at city and neighborhoods level.

Keywords

EN

local integration; asylum seekers; Berlin; refugees; international protection

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Orientalistyczne
• Journal: Przegląd Orientalistyczny
• Year: 2020
• Issue: 2-3 (274-275) "Świat islamu w perspektywie badań arabistycznych i politologicznych Historia i współczesność"
• Pages: 119-134

Dates

published

2021-07-20

Contributors

author

Gołębiowska Klaudia

• Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu

author

Szulc Natalia

• Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu

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Identifiers

DOI

10.33896/POrient.2020.2–3.2