Affected. German refugee policy in the 1990s
In the 1990s, hundreds of thousands of people fled war and ethnic persecution in the former Yugoslavia and sought refuge in Germany. However, legal protection remained limited for a long time: war refugees were covered by neither the constitutional right to asylum or the Geneva Refugee Convention.
What political and legal conditions shaped the reception of refugees from Bosnia and Herzegovina? What impact did the “protection gap” have on the lives of those affected? How did civil society respond—and what can we learn from the solidarity movement of that time for the present day?
PROGRAMME
Panel Discussion
Prof. Marie-Janine Calic, historian, LMU Munich
Rainer Ohliger, social scientist, Migrationsbrücken
Bosiljka Schedlich, human rights activist, südost Europa Kultur e.V.
Moderator:
Gemma Pörzgen, journalist
FURTHER INFORMATION
Admission: 6 p.m.
Language: German
FREE ADMISSION
An event as part of the event series "Shattered. Displaced. Settled in? Experiences from Bosnia and Herzegovina"
The event series is a collaboration between the Documentation Center for Displacement, Expulsion, Reconciliation and the Federal Agency for Civic Education.