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10. Dezember 2020
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Exploring conflicts among unaccompanied young male refugees in Germany
On 9 December 2020, Dr. Ahmad AL Ajlan (IKG) presented the results of his research project "Conflict among young adult asylum seekers in collective accommodations" at the DeZIM Institute.
Project Abstract: Based on qualitative interviews conducted in early 2019 with young male adult asylum seekers and social workers in North-Rhine-Westphalia, I show the main reasons for conflicts among asylum seekers in their collective accommodations. I argue that the asylum regime is the main reason for conflict among them in their collective accommodations (camps and shared apartments). It shows how the asylum procedure that every asylum seeker in Germany is subject to enforces them to live together in confined places for an unknown period of time regardless of the cultural differences between them and the language barriers that result in the inability of understanding each other or even in misunderstanding each other. In addition, many persons have to share facilities, such as the kitchen, the bathroom, and the washing machine. Moreover, more than four people from the same or from different countries have to share the same room. This very stressful situation that resulted from the asylum regime itself and that is characterized by uncertainty and desperation leads to conflicts and violence among young male adult asylum seekers in their collective accommodations.
Project Abstract: Based on qualitative interviews conducted in early 2019 with young male adult asylum seekers and social workers in North-Rhine-Westphalia, I show the main reasons for conflicts among asylum seekers in their collective accommodations. I argue that the asylum regime is the main reason for conflict among them in their collective accommodations (camps and shared apartments). It shows how the asylum procedure that every asylum seeker in Germany is subject to enforces them to live together in confined places for an unknown period of time regardless of the cultural differences between them and the language barriers that result in the inability of understanding each other or even in misunderstanding each other. In addition, many persons have to share facilities, such as the kitchen, the bathroom, and the washing machine. Moreover, more than four people from the same or from different countries have to share the same room. This very stressful situation that resulted from the asylum regime itself and that is characterized by uncertainty and desperation leads to conflicts and violence among young male adult asylum seekers in their collective accommodations.