Hundreds of thousands fled to Germany in the 1990s to escape war and ethnic expulsion from the former Yugoslavia. However, legal protection remained limited for a long time: War refugees were neither covered by the basic right to asylum nor by the Geneva Convention on Refugees.

What political and legal conditions shaped the reception of refugees from Bosnia-Herzegovina? What impact did the "protection gap" have on the lives of those affected? How did civil society react - and what can we learn from the solidarity movement at that time for today?

PROGRAMME

Panel discussion

Prof. Marie-Janine Calic, historian, LMU Munich

Rainer Ohliger, social scientist, Migrationsbrücken

Bosiljka Schedlich, human rights activist, südost Europa Kultur e.V.

Moderation:
Gemma Pörzgen, journalist

FURTHER INFORMATION

Admission time: 18.00 hrs

Language: German

FREE ADMISSION

WITH REGISTRATION

An event as part of the event series "Zerfallen. Fled. Arrived? Experiences from Bosnia and Herzegovina"

A cooperation of the Federal Agency for Civic Education and the Documentation Center Flight, Expulsion, Reconciliation.