Syrian refugees in german cities : resettlement dynamics and its impact on the urban structures across the city

  • This is the seventh article in our series on refugees. This article deals with the accommodation of Syrian refugees living in Germany. Based on my personal experience living in a refugee camp („Heim“) in the city of Cologne (Köln), and based on relevant literature, the article will, firstly, address the different types of temporary residences for refugees in Germany, and, secondly, the process through which refugees pass while looking for a permanent accommodation. Thirdly, and most importantly, the article discusses the ongoing shift within Köln’s urban and social structure in the light of the emerging resettlement of refugees. Although the urban structure of Köln, like many other German cities, has a certain level of urban segregation manifested in the settlement of immigrant communities (Friedrichs 1998, p.1), I argue that, on the contrary, the resettlement of Syrian refugees shows coherence and dispersion. The article is accompanied by a mapping survey that investigates on the spatial aspect of the accommodation distribution...

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Author:Ghiath Al Jebawi
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-386852
URL:http://www.sicherheitspolitik-blog.de/2015/10/22/syrian-refugees-in-german-cities/
Parent Title (German):sicherheitspolitik-blog.de
Place of publication:Frankfurt am Main
Document Type:Report
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2015/10/22
Date of first Publication:2015/10/22
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2016/01/25
Tag:Flüchtling; Flüchtlingsheim; Köln; Neubesiedlung; Syrien
Cologne; Flüchtlingsheim; Syria; refugees; resettlement
Note:
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HeBIS-PPN:369604547
Institutes:Gesellschaftswissenschaften / Gesellschaftswissenschaften
Exzellenzcluster / Exzellenzcluster Die Herausbildung normativer Ordnungen
Dewey Decimal Classification:3 Sozialwissenschaften / 32 Politikwissenschaft / 320 Politikwissenschaft
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell-Keine Bearbeitung 3.0