The Expert Council of German Foundations on Integration and Migration

ABSTRACT The Temporary Protection Directive (TPD) is seen as liberal because it grants extensive rights to Ukrainian forced migrants in many European countries. It is also an example of selectivity in the treatment of non-citizens, as it grants to this group rights that are not available to other groups of protection seekers. This article examines whether the de jure liberal implementation of the TPD is also de facto liberal, and why. It also asks whether de jure selectivity goes hand in hand with de facto selectivity, and for whom the TPD is de facto selective. Our case study is Germany, a country where, for non-citizens, welfare rights and permanent residence are largely dependent on labour market participation and social security contributions. This system is said to negatively affect women. Given that most TPD holders in Germany are women of working age, many of whom have care responsibilities for their children or elderly family members, it is important to address the gendered implications of the TPD. We demonstrate and discuss how including this gendered perspective – in combination with the Restrictive, Liberal, Selective, Universal (ReLiSU) policy analysis framework – adds new insights to our understanding of the situation of Ukrainian protection holders in Europe.

Junge migrantisch wahrgenommene Menschen in Deutschland sind seltener politisch aktiv (11 %) als Menschen ohne Zuwanderungsgeschichte (40 %). Die Sorge vor Rassismus und Diskriminierung sowie eine z. T. als nicht ausreichend wahrgenommene politische Schulbildung stellen Hürden der Beteiligung dar. Der Beitrag schließt mit Empfehlungen für die Praxis.

ABSTRACT Racism is a pervasive part of migrant biographies, often assumed to work as a mobilizing force in antiracist struggles. However, drawing on the complex dynamics within Turkey-originated communities in Germany, this paper examines simultaneous racisms and diverse agentic responses shaped by deeply rooted power relations. Based on twenty in-depth interviews and two focus groups with minoritized individuals among migrant(icized) groups – such as Kurdish, Alevi, Yazidi, Armenian, Pontus-Greek, and Jewish – the analysis uncovers two co-occurrent manifestations of racism: imposed invisibility, rooted in violent continuity and intergenerational transmission and imposed visibility through hypervisibility and criminalization. The exploration of everyday strategies and repertoires of navigating simultaneous racisms, also reveals agentic aspirations of in/visibility, strategic outing, and the formation of transformative alliances. The paper argues that these positions unsettle homogenizing framings of migrant communities and inform broader debates on in/visibility, racism, and antiracism across transnational contexts.

Abstract In response to the arrival of Ukrainians in March 2022, private homestay emerged as a key tool providing a flexible alternative to traditional reception systems. This paper explores the potential of homestays as a scalable model to address the accommodation needs of diverse refugee groups. We draw on a survey of 7,200 households in Germany and find that the majority of current and potential hosts express positive experiences of living together and willingness to continue offering accommodation. Despite relative preferences in favor of hosting female and Ukrainian refugees, there is still an absolute willingness to provide homestays to several nationalities in addition to Ukranians. However, reluctance to host male refugees shows not only the perseverance of threat perceptions but will likely prevent homestay from serving all refugee demographics at scale. Nevertheless, our study suggests that homestays could meaningfully complement existing reception systems beyond the initial focus on Ukrainians.

ABSTRACTThe paper advances our understanding of care in transnational families by exploring how proximate family members engage in care within two institutional contexts, a school and a hospital. It considers how care processes and outcomes are shaped by the transnational character of families and by the related power dynamics inherent within families and institutions. It does so by studying language and literacy practices that people engage in when they act as language brokers and literacy mediators for family members who are accessing care. Working with two families in the United Kingdom and Sweden, our analysis draws on fieldnotes, interviews with caregivers, and interactional data. We describe the language and literacy practices and interactional events associated with our participants' institutional encounters, relating them to individuals' intersecting positionalities. Analysis demonstrates the ways in which these practices enable them to challenge inequalities inherent in health and educational systems.

Researching educational responses to far-right youth mobilization and ideologies has so far focused mainly on informal education spaces. We thus know little about how and why teachers seek to respond to these issues in their classrooms in formal education. This is despite the fact that far-right mobilization and attitudes are rising in Germany and are having a political impact. In this article I present data from an 18-month ethnographic study in Berlin’s secondary schools, arguing that it is not only important to understand how teachers conceptualize the problem in their student body but also how teachers seek to address these issues. Through this knowledge, we will be able to better understand and systematically respond to far-right ideologies in classrooms.

ABSTRACT While antiracist protest has gained increasing prominence in Europe in recent years, the lack of representative data has so far prevented an assessment of the scope and drivers of antiracist protest outside of the United States. This paper addresses this gap drawing from a unique survey (N = 5003) on racism in Germany. Building upon sociological and social psychological theories of protest, the article explores the scope and role of key demographic, cognitive, and emotional factors for protest practice and protest potential. Our data suggests that antiracist protest is supported by considerable parts of German society and finds that mediated experiences of racism and emotional reactions matter as drivers of mobilization: those with and without a personal experience of racism are more likely to protest if they were told of racist experiences by others. This effect is even more pronounced if participants are emotionally affected by personal and mediated experiences of racism.

Adolescence is an important period of development, as adolescents explore who they are and want to be, while at the same time negotiating autonomy and relatedness within their social and cultural contexts. In this study, we examine the roles autonomy and relatedness play in the lives of N = 16 culturally diverse adolescents. Semi-structured interviews with adolescents of non-immigrant descent (n = 5), of second-generation immigrant descent (n = 5), and first-generation immigrants with experiences of flight (n = 6) were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis. Four themes were identified: 1) Family and friends are most important in life, 2) Autonomy is a developmental privilege you can earn, 3) Too much autonomy is bad for you – humans need rules, and 4) I am not in control over my own future, school is. The findings highlight relatedness as most important for adolescents from all backgrounds. The importance and negotiation of autonomy varied across the groups of adolescents, however all adolescents accepted the necessity of rules for personal and societal well-being. Findings further highlight the importance of dismantling classist and assimilationist structures embedded in the German school system to enhance the autonomy, well-being and success of adolescents with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

The DeZIM Picture Database: Faces (Veit & Essien, 2022) contains portraits of women and men that can be used as stimulus material in procedures such as the Implicit Association Test and the Affect Misattribution Procedure. They were taken by a professional photographer between late 2020 and early 2021 and are available for download and use via DeZIM.fdz and in the MIND.set media pool for registered users. The people portrayed were cast in public spaces and photographed as they were dressed and styled on the day of the casting.The DeZIM image Database: Faces (Veit & Essien, 2022) contains a total of 195 portrait photos. The images are sorted by gender and assigned to four groups that reflect certain phenotypes and are therefore more likely to be attributed to certain regions of origin or assigned to groups. The groups are described below, and Table 1 provides two examples for each group.Group 1: 31 portraits of women and 22 portraits of men who are more likely to be attributed to the so-called MENA region (Middle East, Northern Africa), Turkey, or Southern European countries. Group 2: 22 portraits of White women and 25 portrait photos of White men who are attributed with increased probability to Northern, Central and Eastern Europe or North America. Group 3: 22 portraits of Black women and 27 portraits of Black men associated with increased likelihood with African countries.Group 4: 22 portraits of women and 24 portraits of men who are more likely to be perceived as Asian and attributed to Central, East or Southeast Asian countries.

People form skewed impressions about majority and minority groups, often leading to less favourable impressions of minority groups. This effect has been referred to as illusory correlations. However, increased learning about both groups was found to resolve such illusory correlations. The current study examines whether increased learning can similarly override group-based expectations. In an online experiment, participants were either assigned to the majority group or not, eliciting expectations of ingroup favouritism (Schaller & Maass, 1989). Additionally, some were informed about the size ratio of the groups, eliciting inter-category accentuation (McGarty et al., 1993). Participants then learned about positive (frequent) and negative (infrequent) behaviours in each group and repeatedly rated the groups’ likeability. The results show that likeability ratings of both groups became more positive with an increasing number of behavioural descriptions presented. Expectations related to majority membership led to ingroup biases that did not disappear with an increasing number of behavioural descriptions. Expectations related to group size information did not significantly influence likeability ratings. The results indicate that increased learning about both groups suppresses illusory correlations, but even more behavioural descriptions may be needed to override majority members’ ingroup biases.