Unfolding intersecting forms of socio‐spatial exclusion: Accommodation centres at the height of the “refugee reception crisis” in Germany
| Published date | 01 June 2023 |
| Author | Shahd Seethaler‐Wari,Zeynep Yanasmayan |
| Date | 01 June 2023 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1111/imig.13140 |
International Migration. 2023;61:39–53.wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/imig 39
1State Office for Refugee Affairs Berlin,
Landesamt für Flüchtlingsangelegenheiten
(LAF), Berlin, Germany
2German Center for Migration and Integration
Research (DeZIM), Mauerstrasse 76, Berlin
10117, Germany
Correspondence
Zeynep Yanasmayan, German Center for
Migration and Integration Research (DeZIM),
Mauerstrasse 76, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
Email: yanasmayan@dezim-institut.de
Funding information
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Abstract
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 infra-
structures 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 arrange-
ments 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”.
SPECIAL ISSUE ARTICLE
Unfolding intersecting forms of socio-spatial
exclusion: Accommodation centres at the height
of the “refugee reception crisis” in Germany
Shahd Seethaler-Wari1 | Zeynep Yanasmayan2
DOI: 10.1111/imig.13140
INTRODUCTION
The summer of 2015 is engrained as a peculiar juncture in German and European migration history. While the arrival
of large numbers of people fleeing (civil) wars and seeking protection was not unprecedented, the public and policy
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