Contested hope for the future - Rural refugee reception as municipal survival?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2021.01.005
Abstract: Abstract Rural communities in the inland areas of Northern Sweden have long suffered from a steady population decline as young people, particularly women, have moved to the growing urban areas for education/employment. However, in recent… read more here.
Keywords: rural refugee; contested hope; refugee reception; reception ... See more keywords
Proximity to refugee accommodations does not affect locals’ attitudes toward refugees: evidence from Germany
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DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcad028
Abstract: With the so-called ‘long summer of migration’ of 2015, there was an urgent need to accommodate many refugees in Germany. This situation was framed as a ‘refugee reception crisis’, and it revealed diametrically opposed stances… read more here.
Keywords: toward refugees; attitudes toward; locals attitudes; evidence ... See more keywords
“Wir Schaffen Das!”? Spatial Pitfalls of Neighborhood-Based Refugee Reception in Germany—A Case Study of Frankfurt-Rödelheim
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DOI: 10.3390/socsci8050161
Abstract: Refugee reception in Germany is a primarily municipal task that relies heavily on neighborhood-based volunteering. This paper asserts that there are fundamental spatial mismatches between municipal policies and neighborhood-based approaches that place additional burden on… read more here.
Keywords: neighborhood based; refugee reception; neighborhood; frankfurt delheim ... See more keywords