Migration

Rund 80 Millionen Menschen weltweit haben ihre Heimat aufgrund von Krieg oder politischer Gewalt verlassen. Weitere Millionen fliehen vor Umweltkatastrophen und sozioökonomischer Marginalisierung. Das macht Migration zur einer der zentralen Herausforderungen der Weltpolitik. Wir konzentrieren uns auf die Hintergründe dieses Phänomens in den Herkunftsregionen.

Migration

  • Canadian Journal of African Studies | 08.2023

    “The Cake is in Accra”: A Case Study on Internal Migration in Ghana

    This article is about the motivations for internal migration, and how do social relations influence the migration process? In answering these questions, this paper focuses on internal migration to Accra, the capital of Ghana. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 20 migrants.

    Migration Politics | 03.2023

    Mobility Control as State-Making in Civil War: Forcing Exit, Selective Return and Strategic Laissez-Faire

    This paper by Dr. Christiane Fröhlich and Dr. Lea Müller-Funk addresses the question of how different actors govern mobility during civil war, and how mobility control and processes of state-making interact in such settings.


    Forschungsprojekt | 01.12.2021 - 30.11.2024

    Migration and Im/Mobility in the Global South during a Pandemic (DFG Network)

    The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has led to novel experiences of isolation, mobility restriction and exclusion. Mobile populations are particularly affected when borders are closed and migrants are turned away, commuters are denied border crossings, resettlements are suspended or unlawful deportations are justified by pandemic-related risks. This network brings together twenty migration researchers to collect data, build theory, and gain new knowledge about the impact of the pandemic on the Global South.
    DFG, 2021-2024

    Dr. Antje Missbach

    Judith Altrogge

    Jun.-Prof. Dr. Soledad Alvarez Velasco

    Dr. Sabine Mohamed

    Dr. Tabea Scharrer

    Dr. Gerhild Perl

    Dr. Dora Sampaio

    Dr. Victoria Kumala Sakti

    Dr. Megha Amrith

    Dr. Wayne Palmer

    Yaatsil Guevara

    Dr. Magdalena Suerbaum

    Dr. Monika Palmberger

    Dilshad Muhammad

    Dr. Franzisca Zanker

    Prof. Dr. Jelena Tosic

    Maria Lassak

    Dr. Katja Girr

    Prof. Dr. Magnus Treiber

    Forschungsprojekt | 01.06.2021 - 30.11.2021

    A Different Kind of Refugee: A Case Study of the Emirates’ Syrian Migrants Seeking Citizenship in Europe

    In the absence of access to citizenship rights and permanent residencies in the Gulf States, Syrian migrants of the Gulf are increasingly seeking alternative permanencies elsewhere. Through an ethnography in Berlin and Hamburg, this project aims to explore how Syrians, born and raised in the UAE, navigate the ‘asylum seeking route’ to Western Europe, taking into consideration the situation in Syria and its effects upon their relationship to citizenship and future plans, within the Gulf and Europe. AvH, 2021

    Dr. İdil Akıncı

    Ehemals Visiting Fellow


    Canadian Journal of African Studies | 08.2023

    “The Cake is in Accra”: A Case Study on Internal Migration in Ghana

    This article is about the motivations for internal migration, and how do social relations influence the migration process? In answering these questions, this paper focuses on internal migration to Accra, the capital of Ghana. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 20 migrants.

    Migration Politics | 03.2023

    Mobility Control as State-Making in Civil War: Forcing Exit, Selective Return and Strategic Laissez-Faire

    This paper by Dr. Christiane Fröhlich and Dr. Lea Müller-Funk addresses the question of how different actors govern mobility during civil war, and how mobility control and processes of state-making interact in such settings.

    MECAM Papers English | 02.2023

    Hand / Camera / Phone: Mobile Cameras, Migration, and Knowledge Production in Our Hands

    Mobile phones have a close relation to the hand itself, when they are used as handheld cameras, or in the way a touchscreen is operated. When mobile phone cameras are used in documentary filmmaking to tell a migrant’s story on their own terms, they offer a “hands-on” approach to digital knowledge production that incorporates not only the reality of its production but also the potential for a change of perspective.

    International Migration Review | 2023

    Disentangling Forced Migration Governance: Actors and Drivers along the Displacement Continuum

    In this paper, we study the question of who and what drives forced migration governance in origin, host, and transit states, drawing on empirical material from the contemporary Syrian and Libyan, and the historical Algerian displacement situations.

    Lateinamerika Nachrichten | Artikel | 15.11.2023

    Digitale Mauer: Wie die Zukunft von Migrant*innen in Mexiko von einer Smartphone-App aus den USA abhängt

    Anhand einer Smartphone-App der US-amerikanischen Behörden versuchen vor allem Menschen, die in den USA einen Asylantrag stellen wollen, einen Termin zur legalen Überquerung der Grenze zu erhalten. Die App gleicht einem Glücksspiel, denn pro Tag werden bei zehntausenden Anfragen nur 1.450 Termine vergeben. Die US-Grenz- und Immigrationspolitik hat dabei nicht nur einen erheblichen Einfluss auf das Migrationsverhalten hunderttausender Menschen, sondern auch auf die Arbeit von mexikanischen Herbergen für Migrant*innen.

    Präsidentin

    Prof. Dr. Amrita Narlikar ist Präsidentin des GIGA. Ihre Forschungsschwerpunkte sind internationale Verhandlungen, wirtschaftliche Staatskunst und Multilateralismus. Sie hat ein besonderes Interesse an Indien, Asien und den BRICS.

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