Activities

Hamas' terrorist attack on Israel on 7 October 2023 and Israel's subsequent military offensive in the Gaza Strip resulted in widespread displacement and flight. In the Gaza Strip, over 1.5 million Palestinians were and are fleeing attacks by the Israeli military, while thousands of people in Israel have left their homes for fear of attacks by Hamas and Hezbollah. How did flight and expulsion shape the history of Israel and Palestine? What role does this history play in the current conflict and in its political and emotional charge, which extends far beyond the region? How can we talk about these forced migrations and the suffering associated with them without creating and reinforcing polarisation? FFVT on point takes a closer look at these historical and current dynamics of flight and displacement.

Th lecture series "Care beyond borders: Exploring impacts of migration, displacement and inclusion for the care and nursing sector" will take place on May 16th, June 6th and June 27th. The lecture series is organized in collaboration between two projects of the Center for Human Rights at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg: The leading project “Gesundheit! Inclusion in the care and nursing sector”, funded by Stiftung Mercator and the joint project “FFVT: Forced Migration and Refugee Studies: Networking and Knowledge Transfer“, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Please find attached the flyer for more information.

Mit vier Abgeordneten des Europäischen Parlaments aus unterschiedlichen Fraktionen diskutieren wir darüber, wie sie die Reform einschätzen, welche Spielräume für die letzten, noch ausstehenden Verhandlungen vor den Europawahlen im Juni 2024 noch bestehen und was sie von der Umsetzung der europäischen Gesetze in den Mitgliedstaaten erwarten.

Forced displacement is one of the most damaging experiences that any human being can undergo. For refugees, leaving behind their homes, families, friends and everything that made them feel at home can have profound and long-lasting consequences. In this Brown Bag Lecture, Shaden Sabouni will focus on exploring the transformation of familial ties among Syrian refugees in the shadow of the severe social changes they face in Germany.

Based on his research experiences, in this Brown Bag Lecture, Palash Kamruzzaman will focus on the Rohingya refugee crisis as a case study and share his views on the potential role(s) of civil society towards a dignified and sustained solution to the crisis.

A FFVT on point on 7 July 2022, 12-13:30 takes a look at the situation in northern Syria and the possible forced return of Syrian refugees from Turkey. We will speak with Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Efe, Kilis University, Dr. Zeynep Şahin-Mencütek, BICC and Dr. Sinem Adar, CATS/SWP.

Looking at the two recent episodes of mass displacement of Kurds (1990s and mid-2010s) carried out by the Turkish state, the Brown Bag Lecture on 24 May 2022 (11am to 12pm, CET), will shed light on how forced displacement influences the dynamics of political mobilisation in Kurdish contentious politics. Gülay Kilicaslan will discuss the role of forced displacement in transforming the dynamics of contentious politics and the politics of scale in the processes of actors’ mobilisation in a settler–colonial context.

The online discussion took place on 24 May 2022, 14:00-16:00 (CEST). The discussants explored how academic findings and initiatives that can support decision-making processes improve the lives of refugees, forcibly displaced persons, and host communities.
The event was organised by the Global Academic Interdisciplinary Network (GAIN), co-convened by UNHCR and the University of Essex.

Five million people are fleeing to and from Ukraine. But what is the composition of this heterogeneous group? Where are the people taking themselves to safety? What role do post-Soviet migration networks play in civil society reception in Germany? FVVT on point focuses on facets that have received less attention so far.

Due to the current situation in Ukraine, the IMIS and FFVT invite you to an event in which IMIS members Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schneckener and Dr. Franck Düvell each gave an input on the current situation: Ulrich Schneckener with a conflict analysis from a political science perspective and Franck Düvell, who was in Ukraine until a few days ago, on questions of borders, flight and migration.

Based on her lived experiences, in this Brown Bag Lecture Anila Noor will share her reflections on the Global Compact on Refugees, and Participation of Refugee of Global Regime.

In August 2021, the rapid breakdown of the Afghan government and the subsequent takeover by the Taliban surprised many people in Germany, in the USA, and in allied countries. In the preceding months and after the government collapse, the situation of forced migrants in Afghanistan and Afghan refugees in the region has further deteriorated due to a persisting fragile and complex situation. Therefore, FFVT on point takes up the issue to discuss and assess the current situation together with academics and practitioners.

Am Montag den 13.9. wird eine Analyse der Bundestags-Wahlprogramme in Hinblick auf die Themen Flucht und Migration veröffentlicht. Im Anschluss wird in dieser öffentlichen Veranstaltung die außenpolitische Dimension von Fluchtmigration diskutiert.

For the discussion series "Corona, Flight and Human Rights", the Centre for Human Rights Erlangen-Nuremberg (CHREN) invites experts from NGOs, politics, media and academia to report on the situation of refugees and migrants in different regions. Their contributions are moderated by members of the CHREN and assessed from a human rights perspective. In addition, the audience has the opportunity to intervene with questions or comments.

Prof. Dr. Petra Bendel discusses the situation in the "shared accommodations" for refugees in different parts of Germany with a focus on the Bavarian "AnkER centers" as well as their predecessors, the "transit centers", with Dr. Stephan Dünnwald (Bavarian Refugee Council), Lea Gelardi (Centre for Flight and Migration, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt) and Dr. Olaf Kleist (DeZIM).

While in policy and public, it is often taken for granted to distinguish between migrants and refugees, researchers and practitioners tend to reject a simple dichotomy, and struggle to assign clear labels to the opalescent realities. In this panel debate, hosted by IMIS, we aim to shed light on the diverse legal, scholarly and discursive practices and carve out lines of controversies to better understand the reasoning behind the different approaches.

For the discussion series "Corona, Flight and Human Rights", the Centre for Human Rights Erlangen-Nuremberg (CHREN) invites experts from NGOs, politics, media and academia to report on the situation of refugees and migrants in different regions. Their contributions are moderated by members of the CHREN and assessed from a human rights perspective. In addition, the audience has the opportunity to intervene with questions or comments.

Prof. Dr. Petra Bendel and Dr. Lorenz Wiese discuss the situation of refugees stranded at the Greek external borders of the EU with journalist Franziska Grillmeier and Prof. Dr. Anuscheh Farahat (CHREN).

For the discussion series "Corona, Forced Migration and Human Rights" the Centre for Human Rights Erlangen-Nuremberg (CHREN) invites experts* from NGOs, politics, media and science to report on the situation of refugees and migrants* in different regions within the FFVT-project. The contributions will be moderated by members of the Centre for Human Rights Erlangen-Nuremberg (CHREN) and classified according to human rights. In addition, the audience will have the opportunity to ask the experts questions.