The permanent regime of temporary solutions: Housing of forced migrants in Europe as a policy challenge

IF 2.8 2区经济学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

European Urban and Regional Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-13 DOI:10.1177/09697764231197963

Kārlis Lakševics, Yvonne Franz, Annegret Haase, Bahanur Nasya, Daniela Patti, Ursula Reeger, Ieva Raubiško, Anika Schmidt, Andris Šuvajevs

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Periods of forced migration to and in Europe have been common in the past decade and show no expectation of stalling due to ongoing armed conflicts, global inequalities and the adverse effects of climate change. Nevertheless, the provision of accommodation for asylum seekers and refugees continues to depend on temporary, ad hoc solutions. In the context of housing financialisation and shortage of affordable housing across European cities, this decreases opportunities for integration and securing other needs, such as jobs, language acquisition and childcare, but increases the risk of refugee homelessness and social exclusion. Based on cross-national Urban Living Labs exchanges in Leipzig, Riga, Lund, Helsingborg and Vienna, this commentary argues for a European agenda for long-term housing solutions for forced migrants in the arrival and settling phases that tackle issues from discrimination to access, to belonging. Importantly, creating long-term housing solutions for refugees would benefit whole housing systems as instruments of social inclusion.

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临时解决方案的永久制度:作为政策挑战的欧洲被迫移民的住房

在过去十年中，被迫向欧洲和在欧洲迁移的时期很常见，而且由于持续的武装冲突、全球不平等和气候变化的不利影响，预计不会出现停滞。然而，为寻求庇护者和难民提供住宿仍然取决于临时的、特别的解决办法。在欧洲城市住房金融化和经济适用房短缺的背景下，这减少了融合和确保其他需求(如工作、语言习得和儿童保育)的机会，但增加了难民无家可归和社会排斥的风险。基于在莱比锡、里加、隆德、赫尔辛堡和维也纳进行的跨国城市生活实验室交流，本文主张制定欧洲议程，为被迫移民在抵达和定居阶段提供长期住房解决方案，解决从歧视到进入和归属感等问题。重要的是，为难民制定长期住房解决方案将使整个住房系统作为社会包容的工具受益。

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期刊介绍： European Urban and Regional Studies is a highly ranked, peer reviewed international journal. It provides an original contribution to academic and policy debate related to processes of urban and regional development in Europe. It offers a truly European coverage from the Atlantic to the Urals,and from the Arctic Circle to the Mediterranean. Its aims are to explore the ways in which space makes a difference to the social, economic, political and cultural map of Europe; highlight the connections between theoretical analysis and policy development; and place changes in global context.