The impact of private hosting on the integration of Ukrainian refugees in Germany

IF 15.9 1区心理学 Q1 MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES

Nature Human Behaviour Pub Date : 2025-09-10 DOI:10.1038/s41562-025-02303-5

Mathis Herpell, Moritz Marbach, Niklas Harder, Alexandra Orlova, Dominik Hangartner, Jens Hainmueller

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Amid the Ukrainian displacement crisis, private hosting of refugees in Europe has surged, yet its impact on integration remains understudied. This research examines the short- to medium-term effects of private hosting on Ukrainian refugee integration in Germany. Using data from one of the largest non-profit platforms that matches private hosts with refugees, we compare the multidimensional integration outcomes of refugees who were matched with private hosts to those of observably similar refugees who applied for private hosting but were not matched (n = 1,700). Our findings show significant improvements in the social, psychological and navigational integration of privately hosted refugees, with no discernible effects on linguistic, economic or political integration. This study provides causal evidence on the effectiveness of private hosting in enhancing refugee integration, underscoring its potential to complement traditional public asylum reception and housing systems, and to harness civil society engagement for refugee integration during humanitarian crises.

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私人收容对乌克兰难民融入德国社会的影响

在乌克兰流离失所危机期间，欧洲私人收容难民的人数激增，但其对融合的影响仍未得到充分研究。本研究考察了私人收容对乌克兰难民融入德国的中短期影响。利用最大的非营利平台之一的数据，我们比较了与私人房东匹配的难民与申请私人房东但未匹配的明显相似的难民的多维融合结果（n = 1700）。我们的研究结果显示，私人收容的难民在社会、心理和导航融合方面有了显著改善，对语言、经济或政治融合没有明显影响。本研究为私人收容在促进难民融入方面的有效性提供了因果证据，强调了其补充传统公共庇护接收和住房系统的潜力，以及在人道主义危机期间利用民间社会参与促进难民融入的潜力。

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Nature Human Behaviour Psychology-Social Psychology

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36.80

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227

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