In the organizer's words:

Flight and humanitarian interventionism in the Middle East, 1979-1991

Since the late 1970s, flight has developed into a global political issue. With the war in Afghanistan, the Iran-Iraq war and the second Gulf War, the Middle East became the focus of political debate, humanitarian aid and human rights policy commitments. The idea of preventively combating the causes of flight, a right to humanitarian aid and a duty to intervene were discussed. The study by Agnes Bresselau von Bressensdorf provides an insight into the daily work of aid organizations in the region's refugee camps, their networking with the Afghan and Kurdish diaspora in Germany and Western Europe and their significance for international politics. In this way, an overall panorama of flight and humanitarian aid in this region emerges, which continues to shape European and global refugee policy to this day.

Book presentation: Agnes Bresselau von Bressensdorf (Institute of Contemporary History Munich-Berlin).

Moderation: Stefanie Hajak

The event takes place in cooperation with the Institute of Contemporary History Munich-Berlin .