Book Description
This book describes how the numerous arrivals of asylum seekers since 2015 shaped reception and integration processes in Europe. It addresses the structuration of asylum and reception systems, and spaces and places of reception on European, national, regional and local level. It also analyses perceptions and discourses on asylum and refugees, their evolvement and the consequences for policy development. Furthermore, it examines practices and policy developments in the field of refugee reception and integration. The volume shows and explains a variety of refugee reception and integration strategies and practices as specific outcome of multilevel governance processes in Europe. By addressing and contextualizing those multiple experiences of asylum seeker reception, the book is a valuable contribution to the literature on migration and integration, societal development and political culture in Europe.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Introduction
Part I
Governing Asylum and Reception Within an Asylum System Under Stress
Chapter 2
Dispersal and Reception in Northern Italy: Comparing Systems Along the Brenner Route
Chapter 3
Legal Paradigm Shifts and Their Impacts on the Socio-Spatial Exclusion of Asylum Seekers in Denmark
Chapter 4
Places and Spaces of the Others. A German Reception Centre in Public Discourse and Individual Perception
Chapter 5
Before and After the Reception Crisis of 2015: Asylum and Reception Policies in Austria
Part II
Perceptions and Discourses on Refugee Reception
Chapter 6
Local Narrative-Making on Refugees: How the Interaction Between Journalists and Policy Networks Shapes the Media Frames
Chapter 7
Shaping the "Deserving Refugee": Insights from a Local Reception Programme in Belgium
Chapter 8
The Public Perception of the Migration Crisis from the Hungarian Point of View: Evidence from the Field
Part III
Local Practices of Refugee Integration
Chapter 9
Diverging Perspectives on "Integration" in the Vocational Education System: Evidence from an East German Periphery
Chapter 10
Municipal Housing Strategies for Refugees. Insights from Two Case Studies in Germany
Chapter 11
Arenas of Volunteering: Experiences, Practices and Conflicts of Voluntary Refugee Relief
Chapter 12
Local Innovation in the Reception of Asylum Seekers in the Netherlands: Plan Einstein as an Example of Multi-level and Multi-sector Collaboration
Chapter 13
Conclusion