In 2015 and 2016, the number of asylum applications spiked in some European countries,
including Germany. Many refugees and asylum seekers have high educational aspirations …

Abstract Although the Refugee Convention and European asylum legislation state that
decisions regarding asylum applications should be determined solely based on persecution …

What drives people to migrate? Amid a stark increase in international migration at the global
scale, we lack individual-level evidence that causally adjudicates between migration's many …

How did the large asylum-seeker inflow to Germany in 2015 affect concerns about
immigration? Using individual-level panel data for the years 2012–2018 and a policy that …

After arriving in a new country, refugees are typically dependent on professional support to
re-establish their livelihood. However, it is well documented that refugees face barriers when …

In the early years of the twenty-first century, the European Union faced an influx of refugees
from war-torn areas of the world. By the end of 2015, nearly a million new refugees had …

This study examines the familial ties in the social support network of refugees in Germany. It
investigates whether distance to family plays a role in the provision of emotional and …

Background Analyses of refugee reception in European countries are increasingly focusing
on the local level. We analyzed how gatekeepers can shape access to health care on a local …

In the past decade, refugee entrepreneurship has received unprecedented political and
public attention worldwide and especially in Germany. Due to the circumstances of the …

The article engages with occupational aspirations of highly educated refugees with the aim
to explore how their social positions of being highly educated and a refugee inform their …