Refugees, Civil Society and the State

Ludger Pries, Senior Professor of Sociology, Department of Social Science, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

• Contents 1. Challenges and opportunities of the refugee movement of 2015 in Europe 2. Arrival of refugees in the ‘hot autumn’ of 2015 3. ‘Refugee-crisis’ and social movement for refugee protection 4. The end of national autonomy and organised non-responsibility 5. The ‘causes’ of flight and refuge 6. Arrival – in Germany, in Europe and at oneself 7. Arrival and integration as participation with equal chances References Index

'Ludger Pries uses three dyads to provide a sophisticated examination of the ''refugee crisis'' of 2015: the global dynamics of migration vs methodological nationalism, the evolution of European legal asylum instruments vs ''organized non-responsibility'' on the part of some political leaders and, finally, internationalist solidarity movements vs right-wing populism. The result is an insightful analysis of events hitherto obscured by sensationalist headlines.'--Robin Cohen, University of Oxford, UK'Ludger Pries shows how refugee flows are a symptom of a new transnational social question, revealing the weakness of the Common European Asylum framework, which has degenerated into a system of ''organised non-responsibility''. In global terms, the United Nations' refugee protection is breaking down, making new approaches essential. Pries' institutional sociology approach points to possible ways forward, based on involvement of civil society and social movements, and strategies to reduce inequality within and between nations.'--Stephen Castles, University of Sydney, Australia