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Häberlen, Joachim C. (2016) Making friends : refugees and volunteers in Germany. German Politics and Society, 34 . pp. 55-76. doi:10.3167/gps.2016.340303 ISSN 1045-0300 .
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/gps.2016.340303
Abstract
In September 2015, Germany – and Austria, let’s not forget – opened its borders for tens of thousands of refugees, mostly from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan who were stranded on the Serbian-Hungarian border, or in Hungary itself, a country that did not want those refugees to stay. A conservative chancellor, Angela Merkel, decided to allow refugees to enter Germany, fully aware that many of them would stay in the long run. Full of euphoria, thousands of Germans went to train stations to welcome refugees, they went to refugee camps to donate water, food, cloths or teddy bears for children, they volunteered to support refugees in dealing with the authorities, teaching them German, or organizing trips to zoos and theaters for children. Germany had another Sommermärchen.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races J Political Science > JA Political science (General) |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > History | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Refugees—Germany, Refugees—Government policy, Immigrants—Cultural assimilation | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | German Politics and Society | ||||||
Publisher: | Berghahn Books Inc. | ||||||
ISSN: | 1045-0300 | ||||||
Official Date: | 1 September 2016 | ||||||
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Volume: | 34 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 55-76 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.3167/gps.2016.340303 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 1 December 2016 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 1 September 2018 |
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