Amidst a growing number of refugees doctoral students at BGSMCS wanted to help. Having close contacts in the regions from which many people have to flee and knowing the languages of these regions, this issue is very present for them. Doctoral students try to facilitate the every-day live for refugess in Berlin, inter alia through the language proficiency represented at the BGSMCS (Arabic, Farsi, Urdu, Turkish).

 

Selected projects that are supported by doctoral students at BGSMCS:

• Initiativen zum Thema Flucht am Institut für Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie
• Projekt "Formulare verstehbar machen"
  der Kontakt- und Beratungsstelle für Flüchtlinge und Migrant_innen e.V. 
• Refugee Law Clinic Berlin e.V.
• Welcome to Freie Universität Berlin

  

Opportunities to help:

• Beginn Nebenan Berlin
• Flüchtlingshilfe Berlin
• Flüchtlingsnetzwerk "Berlin hilft!"
• Flüchtlingsrat Berlin
• Willkommensbündnis für Flüchtlinge in Steglitz-Zehlendorf
• Willkommensnetzwerk "Pankow hilft!"

 

Selected links on the issue:

• Arriving in Berlin - a mapping project by Haus Leo, Wohnen für Flüchtlinge (Berliner Stadtmission) and Haus der Kulturen der Welt
• Deutsch-Arabisches Bildwörterbuch, DAFG – Deutsch-Arabische Freundschaftsgesellschaft e.V.
• "How Europe’s academy is addressing the refugee crisis", Times Higher Education
• "Integration von Flüchtlingen - Gute Ideen bundesweit", Tagesschau
• Multaka - Museum für Islamische Kunst
• Refugee Phrasebook, coordinated by the Berlin-based support group “Refugee Phrasebook“
• Refugee Guide, Projektkoordination: Michael Strautmann, Franziska Fischer
• Studying in Germany - information for refugees
• Where Are the Syrian Refugees?, Global Sociology and International Studies Blog