Paper details
| Paper authors | Daniel F. Lorenz |
| In panel on | Humanitarian Aid, European Civil Protection, and Domestic Disaster Management in the European Refugee/Migrant Crisis and Beyond |
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Abstract
To get a broad picture of the management of the so called “refugee and migrant crises” from 2015/16 it is important to look at different responses and procedures coming into place in migration and refugee contexts. Contributing to these issues our paper describes and analyses the responses, practices and processes of German disaster management and international humanitarian aid operations on German soil.
In ‘non-crisis’ times, the care of refugees, falls under the regular jurisdiction of government entities and/or social welfare organizations. While these organizations continued to provide support, additional civil protection and disaster management organizations carried out operations in Germany during the 2015/16 period for the first time with the support of international humanitarian aid structures. As a result, an unprecedented hybrid situation emerged that involved very different and heterogeneous actors with to some extent competing structures and manners of operation.
Our paper describes and analyses the responses, practices and processes of German civil protection/disaster management and international humanitarian aid structures and standards exemplified by a case study.
This is a joint paper by Daniel F. Lorenz and Cordula Dittmer
Presenters
Disaster Research Unit (DRU), ...