Refugees as new Europeans, and the fragile line between crisis and solidarity

Thieme, Tatiana, Kovacs, Eszter Krasznai and Ramakrishnan, Kavita (2020) Refugees as new Europeans, and the fragile line between crisis and solidarity. Journal of the British Academy, 8 (s1). pp. 19-25. ISSN 2052-7217

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Abstract

This piece draws on recent research focused on the humanitarian politics of the refugee ‘crisis’ and its relationship with European futures. Our aim is three-fold: first, we contextualise the rise of right-wing populism and the politicisation of refugees in Europe. Second, we reflect on how state austerities place precarious refugees alongside marginalised European citizens, with under-explored consequences and tensions. Third, we point to the hopeful practices around the ‘experimental humanitarianism’ that we encountered across the four capital cities in which we conducted research. The paper highlights the limitations of state-centric provisioning and the potential pathways that existing experiments of solidarity can build on the margins of European cities. These are often unseen or off-grid nodes of hope set against a backdrop of generalised European political malaise.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 16 - peace, justice and strong institutions ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/peace_justice_and_strong_institutions
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Migration Research Network
Related URLs:	https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publ...
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	17 Jul 2020 23:47
Last Modified:	04 Aug 2022 16:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/76170
DOI:	10.5871/jba/008s1.019

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