Visibilities and the Politics of Space: Refugee Activism in Berlin

Bhimji, Fazila

doi:10.1080/15562948.2016.1145777

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“…The other case scrutinises acts of resistance and solidarity initiated in 2012 by the refugee movement in ‘Oranienplatz’ – a public square in Berlin’s Kreuzberg district. This case is paradigmatic of the acts of citizenship and resistance of self-organised asylum-seekers and refugees living in conditions of isolation, marginality and deprivation (see Bhimji, 2016).…”

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Patterns of Reflective Solidarity and Migrant Resistance in Copenhagen and Berlin

Siim

Meret

2020

Critical Sociology

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Inspired by Jodi Dean’s understanding of the reflective solidarity of strangers, this contribution explores forms of migrant solidarity and resistance in Copenhagen and Berlin. It investigates how ‘hybrid’ forms of solidarity emerged out of different circumstances in Trampoline House and the Oranienplatz refugee protest camp. The two selected cases are particularly interesting for exploring how models of contentious and non-contentious civil society mobilisation and engagement cope with inequalities, disagreement and differences; how awareness of inequalities affects relations of solidarity between refugees and local activists as well as between groups of refugees. The analysis suggests that despite the substantial differences between the two cases, the groups involved in the research experienced similar challenges in overcoming inequalities and diversity. Arguably, the tensions and disagreements within groups can potentially develop into forms of reflective solidarity, aimed at reshaping the boundaries created by differences of race, class, ethnicity and gender.

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Patterns of Reflective Solidarity and Migrant Resistance in Copenhagen and Berlin

Siim

Meret

2020

Critical Sociology

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“…The use of places is important for social movements and/or contentious politics because the meaning, as well as the power these places contain, allows them to create places for alternative imaginaries (Leitner, Sheppard, & Sziarto, 2008). Migrant (protest) movements can use specific locations in the city to enhance their political visibility, as has been described in the case of Vienna (Ataç, 2016) or Berlin (Bhimji, 2016). The city can be used to create visibility for the 'We Are Here' group, as a group or as a 'social problem'.…”

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“…In the case of undocumented migrants, current research has already shown that even in the absence of formal status, migrants can to some degree achieve substantial inclusion (Ataç, 2016;Bhimji, 2016;Cappiali, 2016;Nicholls & Uitermark, 2016;Nicholls & Vermeulen, 2012;Raimondi, 2019;Rygiel, 2011;Swerts, 2014). The mobilisation and struggle of (undocumented) migrants for substantive citizenship is referred to as a 'new era of protest' (Ataç, Rygiel, & Stierl, 2016; From the struggles collective, 2015).…”

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We Are Here! Claim-making and Claim-placing of Undocumented Migrants in Amsterdam

Hajer

Bröer

2020

European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology

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Through everyday practices, excluded and marginalised undocumented migrants struggle for citizenship, question bordering practices, and can achieve forms of inclusion incrementally. Based on an ethnographic case study in Amsterdam, this article evidences and theorises these piecemeal struggles of undocumented migrants. We show how undocumented migrants-discursively and spatially-claim 'the right to have rights'. We demonstrate how forms of inclusion emerge as the result of 'claim-making': by making appeals to human rights, the use of (limited) legal rights, and identity claims. We combine the analysis of claim-making with research into an understudied but highly relevant process of 'claim-placing', which refers to how the use (public) spaces and places can add weight to discursive claim-making. We demonstrate that an incremental process of 'claim-making' and 'claim-placing' leads to a slightly increased recognition as political subjects and forms of inclusion.

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“…Scholarship on refugees' mobilisation has understood their agency and activism as substantive citizenship such that migrants and refugees may continue to participate in polity, unions and religious networks even though they may not hold formal citizenship (e.g. Bhimji, 2010;Bhimji, 2014;Bhimji, 2016;Galvez, 2010;Moulin and Nyers, 2007;Rygiel, 2011;Isin, 2009;Lowry and Nyers, 2006). Migrants' struggles are generally understood in scholarship as collective claims for citizenship rights and inclusion rather than quests for individual dignity and respect.…”

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Contesting the Dublin Regulation: Refugees’ and Migrants’ Claims to Personhood and Rights in Germany

Bhimji¹

2016

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This study demonstrates how an EU law, Dublin 111, affects a heterogeneous group of refugees and migrants in Germany who first enter the EU through States such as Italy, Spain, or Hungary. The Dublin regulation allows refugees (with the exception of refugees from Syria) solely to make asylum-claims in the EU country through which they first enter and where they are initially fingerprinted. Therefore, if authorities find asylum-seekers' fingerprints in the database and can thus confirm that they have been in another EU Member State, then according to the Dublin regulation, they can be deported to the first country. The study illustrates the ways in which many refugees and migrants in Germany negotiate the Dublin law in differentiated ways, which subsequently enables them to claim their rights to personhood and dignity. More specifically, this study interrogates how some refugees are affected by the Dublin legislation and how they negotiate this law. This group of refugees have varied status in Germanysome have claimed asylum, some fear imminent deportations, others have not claimed asylum within Germany, while there are others who are in the process of 'getting out of Dublin'. The study explores how these refugees with differing positions, status, and background negotiate their stay and personhood in Germany.

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Visibilities and the Politics of Space: Refugee Activism in Berlin

Cited by 48 publications

References 18 publications

Patterns of Reflective Solidarity and Migrant Resistance in Copenhagen and Berlin

Patterns of Reflective Solidarity and Migrant Resistance in Copenhagen and Berlin

We Are Here! Claim-making and Claim-placing of Undocumented Migrants in Amsterdam

Contesting the Dublin Regulation: Refugees’ and Migrants’ Claims to Personhood and Rights in Germany

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