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[Publication] We live in a state of fear: Eritrean refugees keep bearing the brunt of the Ethiopian crisis

• We live in a state of fear: Eritrean refugees keep bearing the brunt of the Ethiopian crisis

[Publication] Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia—Caught between all fronts. TRAFIG Blog. https:--trafig.eu-blog-ritrean-refugees-in-ethiopia-c...

• Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia—Caught between all fronts. TRAFIG Blog. https://trafig.eu/blog/ritrean-refugees-in-ethiopia-caught-between-all-fronts.

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[Project] DIASPEACE

• The perception of migrants in the European Union has changed considerably in recent years. Increasing attention is now being focused on the complex political, social and cultural involvement of migrants from crisis regions in peace and development processes in their countries of origin. BICC is taking part in the multi-year international EU research project “Diasporas for Peace: Patterns, Trends and Potential of Long-distance Diaspora Involvement in Conflict Settings (DIASPEACE)”, which sets out...

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[Publication] Family figurations in displacement: Entangled mobilities of refugees towards Germany and beyond

• Refugees rarely flee in isolation. Instead, their everyday lives and mobilities are fundamentally shaped by the broader set of social relations in which they are embedded, particularly by their families. Drawing on interviews with sixty displaced people living in Germany and in-depth case studies of the trajectories of refugees from Eritrea and Syria, we reconstruct the role that families and other social relations transgressing national borders have played in their mobility to Germ...

[Publication] Enforced Transnationalism

• This chapter focuses on displaced people’s transnational family lives in the context of long-term separation. As refugees often cannot flee together, some family members leave for certain countries, whilst others stay behind – be it in the country of origin or of first reception – at least temporarily. If family reunification fails, separation from family members can continue for an indefinite time. Even though many manage to ‘do family’ across a distance, many separated families experience entr...

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[Publication] Figurations of displacement in and beyond Ethiopia. Empirical findings and reflections on protracted displacement and translo...

• Figurations of displacement in and beyond Ethiopia. Empirical findings and reflections on protracted displacement and translocal connections of Eritreans in Ethiopia (TRAFIG working paper 5). Bonn: BICC.

[Press] Recommendations for refugee protection in Germany \ Family knows no borders

• Living in different countries at the same time is not an exception but the rule in the everyday lives of refugees. This is also evidenced by a new study that deals with the situation of refugees in Germany. TRAFIG practice note no. 10 recommends recognising and actively using the transnational (family) networks of displaced people to improve refugee protection.
• Wednesday, 16 February 2022: Among the displaced Syrians, Eritreans and Afghans in Germany whom researchers in the EU-funded TRAFIG project interviewed, family relationships are particularly important. They shape their everyday lives significantly; be it because the interviewees were separated from close family members when fleeing or because their family networks were scattered transnationally across several countries.  “Despite their great importance for people’s lives, transnational relationships and th...