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Faculty 4
Chair of Sociology for Social Work Prof. Dr. Birgit Behrensen

Improving reception conditions for persons seeking protection, persons entitled to protection and persons temporarily entitled to protection in Brandenburg (VASiB)

Project duration: 31.12.2022 - 30.12.2025

Project collaboration: Lotta Schwedler

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Initial situation

Asylum seekers in Brandenburg generally live in shared accommodation with few private retreats. Social, political and bureaucratic hurdles make it difficult for them to move into their own homes.

However, private living space is an important factor for arriving locally. Having your own home can contribute to psychosocial stabilization; social participation can develop. This is where the nationwide joint project VASiB comes in.

Cooperation to improve accommodation and living conditions for refugees

As part of the VASiB project, the following stakeholders have joined forces to form the "Cooperation for Refugees in Brandenburg " (KFB) network:

The locations of the cooperation partners can be found on the map.

The following measures are implemented in the project:

  • Support for individual housing
  • Development of regional structures to create more suitable housing
  • Testing and model establishment of an "independent housing complaints office"
  • Raising awareness of housing rights for refugees
  • Strengthening regional and state-wide networking and lobbying
  • Concept development and implementation of suitable forms of housing for refugees with severe mental health issues
  • Scientific monitoring, publication and discussion of project findings

Scientific project support and research

The "Sociology for Social Work" chair is involved in the practical project as a scientific actor. The focus is on the following tasks:

  • Advice on research methods in the other sub-projects
  • Preparation of sociological findings for transfer
  • Own inequality-reflecting studies on the conditions for success and failure of decentralized housing in Brandenburg
    • Subject-oriented analysis of the salutogenetic significance of private housing for people seeking protection
    • Analysis of the dynamics between housing and other integration dimensions such as health, education, work and mobility
    • Analysis of the specific challenges and opportunities of housing in rural areas
    • Identification of promoting practices of private housing opportunities in relation to longer-term prospects of staying and regional development prospects
  • Publication of project results for the specialist public and academia

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