Refugees and Forced Migrants in Africa and the EU

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-VI

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2. Introduction – Working Together to See Further: European and African Perspectives on Refugees and Forced Migrants Compared

   • Katharina Crepaz, Elisabeth Wacker

   Pages 1-9

3. Historical and Legal Perspectives: Migration and Social Rights in a Globalized Society

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11

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   2. The Development of Refugee Protection in Africa: From Cooperation to Nationalistic Prisms

      • Dulo Nyaoro

      Pages 13-35

   3. EU ‘Asylum System’ – Elements, Failure and Reform Prospects

      • Ulrich Becker

      Pages 37-68

   4. Africa and the Refugee Crisis: A Socio-Legal Inquiry

      • Letlhokwa George Mpedi

      Pages 69-94

4. Political Perspectives: Migration Governance between Treating Symptoms and Combating Causes

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95

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   2. How to Make Europe’s Immigration Policies More Efficient and More Humane

      • Ruud Koopmans

      Pages 97-105

   3. Emerging Debates on Experiences and Challenges of Refugee Protection in Africa and Europe

      • Susan Waiyego Mwangi

      Pages 107-125

5. Cultural Perspectives: Dealing with Difference in Urban Environments

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127

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   2. ‘Ethnic Neighborhoods’ and/or Cosmopolitanism? The Art of Living Together

      • Tabea Scharrer

      Pages 129-150

   3. Refugees and Forced Migration from Eritrea and Ethiopia to Sudan

      • Hassan Ali Mudawi

      Pages 151-159

6. Challenging the Deficit Perspective: Benefits and Pitfalls of Diversification

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 161-161

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   2. Experiences and Perceptions of Refugees and Forced Migrants in the EU, Aiming to Cross an Internal Schengen Border

      • Monika Weissensteiner

      Pages 163-201

   3. Life in Refugee Camps: The Challenges of Refugees with Disability in Kenya

      • Halimu S. Shauri, Obeka M. Bonventure

      Pages 203-212

7. Back Matter

   Pages 213-215

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The so-called ‘refugee crisis’ represents one of the biggest contemporary political and social challenges. Although many African countries have been dealing with forced migratory and refugee movements for decades, their experiences have so far largely been neglected in the predominantly Eurocentric public debate. The present volume aims to bridge this gap by providing comparative African and European perspectives from different disciplines, highlighting the challenges but also potential mutual benefits of social diversification, and offering an insight into possible solution strategies.

• Refugees
• Forced Migrants
• Migration
• Asylum Policy
• Asylum Law
• Diversity
• Inclusion
• Diversification
• Human Rights
• Social Policy
• European Policy
• African Policy
• Comparative Study

• Max Planck Institute for Social Lawand Social Policy, Technical University of Munich, München, Germany

  Elisabeth Wacker, Katharina Crepaz

• Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy, München, Germany

  Ulrich Becker

Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Wacker holds the Chair of Sociology of Diversity at the Technical University of Munich and is Max Planck Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy.

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Becker, LL.M. (EHI), is Director at the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy, Munich.

Katharina Crepaz, Ph.D., is a post-doctoral research associate at the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy and at the Chair of Sociology of Diversity, Technical University of Munich.

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