Vazhoth Palliyil, Vijay Gopal (2022)
HAS ‘HEIMAT’ BEEN MADE?: Centralized refugee accommodations in Germany.
Technische Universität Darmstadt
doi: 10.26083/tuprints-00020094
Masterarbeit, Erstveröffentlichung, Verlagsversion
Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)
According to UNHCR, Germany hosts more than a million refugees. Asylum seekers in Germany, live in the collective accommodation facilities called Gemeinschaftsunterkünften run by the respective municipalities while waiting for their application to be processed. Moreover, many refugees who have acquired official status continue to live in these facilities because of difficulties in finding decentralized accommodation in urban areas. This thesis focuses on the effects of living in the Gemeinschaftsunterkünft on the well-being of the inhabitants through a case study by using ethnographic methods and mapping. Interviews were conducted with 10 inhabitants and also with the official social worker of the Gemeinschaftsunterkünft at Hofheim in Germany. The main findings show that the inhabitants lack privacy and space; which is the consequence of the absence of binding standards regarding the size of GUs; where many refugees continue to live for prolonged periods because finding suitable, affordable and decentralised housing is challenging. Moreover, living at the GU for a prolonged period prevents social integration. The lesson from the thesis is that enforced standards in terms of size and occupancy are required for GUs. Furthermore, affordable housing stock generation is needed to enable the residents to move out of GUs and integrate better.
| Typ des Eintrags: | Masterarbeit |
|---|---|
| Erschienen: | 2022 |
| Autor(en): | Vazhoth Palliyil, Vijay Gopal |
| Art des Eintrags: | Erstveröffentlichung |
| Titel: | HAS ‘HEIMAT’ BEEN MADE?: Centralized refugee accommodations in Germany |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Publikationsjahr: | 2022 |
| Ort: | Darmstadt |
| Kollation: | 61 Seiten |
| DOI: | 10.26083/tuprints-00020094 |
| URL / URN: | https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/20094 |
| Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract): | According to UNHCR, Germany hosts more than a million refugees. Asylum seekers in Germany, live in the collective accommodation facilities called Gemeinschaftsunterkünften run by the respective municipalities while waiting for their application to be processed. Moreover, many refugees who have acquired official status continue to live in these facilities because of difficulties in finding decentralized accommodation in urban areas. This thesis focuses on the effects of living in the Gemeinschaftsunterkünft on the well-being of the inhabitants through a case study by using ethnographic methods and mapping. Interviews were conducted with 10 inhabitants and also with the official social worker of the Gemeinschaftsunterkünft at Hofheim in Germany. The main findings show that the inhabitants lack privacy and space; which is the consequence of the absence of binding standards regarding the size of GUs; where many refugees continue to live for prolonged periods because finding suitable, affordable and decentralised housing is challenging. Moreover, living at the GU for a prolonged period prevents social integration. The lesson from the thesis is that enforced standards in terms of size and occupancy are required for GUs. Furthermore, affordable housing stock generation is needed to enable the residents to move out of GUs and integrate better. |
| Status: | Verlagsversion |
| URN: | urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-200941 |
| Sachgruppe der Dewey Dezimalklassifikatin (DDC): | 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 300 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 320 Politik 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 350 Öffentliche Verwaltung 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 360 Soziale Probleme, Sozialdienste, Versicherungen 700 Künste und Unterhaltung > 720 Architektur |
| Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): | 15 Fachbereich Architektur 15 Fachbereich Architektur > Fachgruppe E: Stadtplanung 15 Fachbereich Architektur > Fachgruppe E: Stadtplanung > Mundus Urbano |
| Hinterlegungsdatum: | 05 Jan 2022 14:19 |
| Letzte Änderung: | 06 Jan 2022 06:04 |
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