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Leaving Emergency Management in the Refugee Crisis to Civil Society? The Case of Austria

Pages 78-95 | Published online: 12 Jan 2017
 

ABSTRACT

This article assesses the role of Austrian civil society in the refugee crisis. Based on empirical research conducted in the autumn and winter of 2015, the activities of civil society actors, the framework conditions and their consequences will be shown. The influx of hundreds of thousands asylum seekers in 2015 was and is a crucial challenge for social integration, security, and stability in many European countries. In the period concerned, Austria was one of the countries confronted to an extremely high degree with both asylum seekers and transit refugees. Civil society actors such as nonprofit organizations (NPOs) and volunteers played an important role in maintaining humanitarian standards and effective crisis management, yet at a high cost and strain especially for civil society actors, NPOs, and volunteers.

Notes

1. UNHCR (2016, März 9). Refugees—Migrants Emergency Response—Mediterranean. Abgerufen von, http://data.unhcr.org/mediterranean/regional.php

2. Missing Migrants Projekt (2016, February 24). Abgerufen von, http://missingm-igrants.iom.int/latest-global-figures

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4. Nachrichten.at (2016, Mai 16): 60 Millionen Menschen auf der Flucht. Abgerufen von http://www.nachrichten.at/nachrichten/politik/innenpolitik/60-Millionen-Menschen-auf-der-Flucht;art385, 1861392

5. Bundesministerium für Inneres (16, März 15). Vorläufige Asylstatistik 2015. Abgerufen von http://www.bmi.gv.at/cms/BMI_Asylwesen/statistik/files/Asylstatistik_Dezember_2015.pdf

6. Bundesministerium für Inneres (2016, März 15): Vorläufige Asylstatistik 2015. Abgerufen von http://www.bmi.gv.at/cms/BMI_Asylwesen/statistik/files/Asylstatistik_Dezember_2015.pdf

7. SPÖ (2015, September 5). Faymann: Grenzbalken auf für die Menschlichkeit. Abgerufen von https://spoe.at/story/faymann-grenzbalken-auf-fuer-die-menschlichkeit

8. Simsa et al. (Citation2016).

9. DW (2016, Juni 27). Could Germany, like Austria, close borders to refugees? Abgerufen von http://www.dw.com/en/could-germany-like-austria-close-borders-to-refugees/a-19063132 Handelsblatt (2016, Juni 27). Austria, the Thorn in Merkel´s Side. Abgerufen von https://global.handelsblatt.com/edition/388/ressort/politics/article/austria-the-thorn-in-merkels-side Die Welt (2016, Mai 18). Und auf dem Hügel eine Vision von Merkel. Abgerufen von http://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article148124960/Und-auf-dem-Huegel-eine-Vision-von-Merkel.html

10. Vice (2016, Mai 18). So hat sich die Stimmung der Österreicher zum Thema Flüchtlinge verändert. Abgerufen von http://www.vice.com/alps/read/wie-sich-die-stimmung-der-oesterreicher-in-den-sozialen-netzwerken-zum-thema-fluechtlinge-veraendert-hat-276

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