Chapter 12 FROM BASES OF IDENTIFICATIONS TO ACTS OF EXCLUSION? Günther Schlee’s Contributions to the Max Planck Research Initiative on Migration

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At the height of the “refugee reception crisis” in 2015, a large number of forced migrants had to be accommodated in Germany, which led to the transformation of old infrastructures and building of new centres. Based on extensive fieldwork in three centres in the same city, this article seeks to highlight the intersecting forms of socio‐spatial exclusion in refugee accommodations in Germany. First, we unpack how differential internal and external spatial arrangements intersect to aggravate or alleviate social exclusion of forced migrants. Second, we draw attention to the ways in which the regulation of space and social relations inside the accommodation centres intersect with the dominant gendered notions of the refugee label. Despite the potency of power relations that differentially categorizes, controls and excludes, exclusion remains ambivalent as forced migrants consistently claim ownership over the space in and around the centres and build social relationships to maintain a sense of “normalcy”.

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confidence: 99%

Unfolding intersecting forms of socio‐spatial exclusion: Accommodation centres at the height of the “refugee reception crisis” in Germany

Seethaler-Wari¹,

Yanaşmayan

2023

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“…Therefore, in almost all cases the inclusive improvements are accompanied by exclusionary side‐effects targeted at a marginalized group of “unwanted” migrants. This is another example for inclusion and exclusion not just being two sides of the same coin, but rather existing in simultaneity, which renders migrants exclusion ambiguous and gradual (Foblets et al, 2018: 28, see also introduction to this special issue). Nonetheless, from a legal point of view, some groups of persons are rather positioned within the inclusive sphere, for example, Syrian refugees, and others are more likely to face exclusion from access to rights, in particular asylum seekers from safe countries of origin.…”

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“…Overall, the question to whom access to the labour market should be granted is highly disputed due to the constant fear of creating unintended pull factors. The often two‐faced and simultaneous character of integration measures and exclusion outcomes (Foblets et al, 2018) also becomes obvious in light of the introduction of the so‐called residence rule (“Wohnsitzregelung”) in 2016. This rule obliges persons that have been granted protection to take up their place of residence for a period of 3 years in that Federal State to which they have been allocated for the purposes of their asylum procedure, for as long as they rely on social benefits.…”

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Excluded by crisis management? Legislative hyperactivity in post‐2015 Germany

Hruschka

Rohmann

2021

This article examines the legislative measures taken by Germany since 2014 to manage the “refugee crisis” and analyses the potential effects on the rights and the well‐being of asylum seekers and persons with protection needs at large. By taking a closer look at the reasoning given in the respective legislative documents we will show the link between the recent changes in the national asylum and migration law and the underlying migration management framework. The article concludes that Germany has seen a shift from a management to a securitization approach, the latter entailing a special emphasis on deportation (“return turn”) rather than focusing on accommodation and integration of those seeking protection. Acting in a mere “crisis mode”, the German legislator has implemented an exclusion paradigm that incrementally substituted the prior inclusive policies over time.

“…Foblets at al. (2018) emphasize that many migrants encounter various types of exclusion – in the legal sphere, in terms of socio‐economic participation, or in the places that are available to them for housing, for example. However, Glick Schiller and Caglar (2016) argue that in addition to exclusion, inclusion and emplacement – understood as social processes that lead to migrant newcomers (re‐)building networks of connections in particular places under particular conditions – can also take place.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The results of these practices may be ambiguous. Moreover, the relationality of processes of inclusion and exclusion, which is central to the discussion in anthropology (Foblets et al, 2018; Schlee & Werner, 1996), is often overlooked in migration research. This is particularly true of work on “integration,” for which the term “inclusion” can be used interchangeably.…”

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confidence: 99%

Balancing inclusion and exclusion among Somali migrants in Germany

Hoehne

Scharrer

2021

We discuss the balancing acts of inclusion and exclusion by analysing how Somali migrants in Germany attempt to manoeuvre between various norms, individual interests and various social networks. Building on Glick Schiller and Caglar (2016), whose work on urban sociabilities emphasizes social relations in which people act as equals, we argue that ethnic (self‐)identification is important as it serves as a basis for boundary‐making and for bonding within and bridging and linking between groups. Thus, a focus on sociability and ethnic identification (as a category of praxis) can, in some cases, go hand in hand. Moreover, we argue that inclusion into local Somali communities, which is often discussed in public discourse as leading to exclusion from German society, helps to establish connections. Simultaneously, exclusion through racism can lead to (self‐)isolation of Somalis, but also places pressure on younger Somalis in particular to forge alliances with non‐Somali Germans to stabilize their situation. Balancing social inclusion and exclusion among Somali migrants in Germany therefore can have ambiguous and at times paradoxical outcomes.