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Refugee Reception And Perception: Us Detention Camps And German Welcome Centers, Karla M. Mckanders, Valeria Gomez
Refugee Reception And Perception: Us Detention Camps And German Welcome Centers, Karla M. Mckanders, Valeria Gomez
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
The reception of refugees and asylum seekers has emerged as one of the most critical contemporary global issues. In 2015, the world experienced the most forced migrants since World War II. This essay compares the treatment of asylum seekers at reception in United States and Germany through each countries’ freedom and restriction of movement laws. This comparative analysis is based on Professor Karla McKanders’ December 2015 exploratory trip to Germany to learn more about the processing refugees in the midst of Germany accepting unprecedented numbers of refugees; and attorney Valeria Gomez’s December 2015 volunteer experience in the South Texas Family …