
Start of a research project on the everyday experiences of young refugees in public space.
In this project, a transnational research team focuses on the everyday experiences of refugee youth and asylum seekers in order to explore the issue of ...

Lockdown Leipzig: young refugees and asylum seekers’ experiences
A short analysis that considers how young refugees and asylum seekers have experienced the first lockdown related to Covid-19, written by Elisabeth ...

New blog on storymapping-workshops in Leipzig
Check out this new blog written by Elisabeth Kirndörfer. She discusses her experiences with three storymapping-workshops that took place in September 2020 ...
Creative map making session in Newcastle
The research team in Newcastle, UK, ran a creative map making session as part of the create classes offered by North East Solidarity and Teaching ...

Creative story-mapping workshops in Leipzig
In order to provide some insight in the project, we would like to present some pictures of the fieldwork. First, the Leipzig case study. The German team ...

Inspiring meeting with the research team
What an inspiring online meeting with our research team! We weren’t able to meet face-to-face, but our online session on the 7th of October enabled ...
Misinformation is leading to ‘fake news’ anxieties in Dutch refugee communities
The Conversation has published an article by Ilse van Liempt and Mieke Kox. They argue that the coronavirus pandemic has led to a crisis among asylum ...
How the current pandemic changes refugee youth’s everyday lives
The current pandemic has changed the everyday lives and routines of young refugees and asylum seekers in Leipzig, something that has also changed the ...

The invisible corona crisis – problems and grassroots solutions in Belgium
COVID-19 has rendered certain groups of people invisible while simultaneously forcing others to emerge from the shadows. From unaccompanied youth refugees ...

#I would stay home if I had one. The impact of the COVID-19 crisis on unauthorized migrants in Amsterdam
The current COVID-19 crisis also affects unauthorized migrants in the Netherlands. Despite the advice to stay home some of them were literally in the ...

Recommendations from urban front line workers in Belgium
Mattias de Backer presents recommendations from urban front line workers in Belgium who are trying to solve the needs of vulnerable groups such as asylum ...