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Stefan Rother

@srother.bsky.social
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Guest researcher at University of Hamburg. Migration, Development, Global Governance, Human Rights…

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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I had a very intense and highly rewarding time at @miasa-ug.bsky.social - a big thank you to everbody I could work with! I will continue to support research on and with(in) Africa in my new position at @actunifreiburg.bsky.social Please follow us also on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/act-...
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ACT – Africa Centre for Transregional Research | LinkedIn
ACT – Africa Centre for Transregional Research | 90 followers on LinkedIn. ACT is a center of excellence for transregional, reciprocal African studies and social exchange at Freiburg University. | ACT...
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Several weeks have passed since the second International #Migration Review Forum has come to a close in New York. In this blogpost, I look back at the #IMRF, share a few personal observations and collect a number of analyses by others I have come upon: gfmd2010.wordpress.com/2026/07/21/f...
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First assessment(s) of the second #IMRF: Limited Progress, Major Fight against Regression
Several  weeks have passed since the second International Migration Review Forum has come to a close in New York – which allows me to look back at the IMRF beyond immediate impressions and may…
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Starting today in New York: The 2nd International #Migration Review Forum #IMRF2026 At the opening of the Informal Interactive Multi-stakeholder Hearing, @unpga.bsky.social called for broader instruments and underlined that stakeholders such as civil society have to be at the center of the process
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Please join us for a Policy Dialogue on "The relationship between #migration research and policy practice in #Africa“ online or in person this Friday at 9 am (UTC). The roundtable brings together #development practicioners and @miasa-ug.bsky.social alumni. Find the Zoomlink here: lnkd.in/d87DekcE
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Out now: @poppublicsphere.bsky.social Review Symposium on @nkortendiek.bsky.social Global #Governance on the Ground: Organizing International #Migration and #Asylum at the Border. Link to my contribution below Many thanks to @antjewiener.bsky.social for the referral www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Global Governance on the Ground: Organizing International Migration and Asylum at the Border | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core
Global Governance on the Ground: Organizing International Migration and Asylum at the Border - Volume 24 Issue 1
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Best greetings from historic Saint Louis, #Senegal - the site of our MIASA Thematic Conference "Rethinking Forced #Displacement in #Africa". The conference will start March 26 at 9:15 am (UTC) For online participation and the full program please use this link: laspad.org/evenements/m...
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Repenser les déplacements forcés | LASPAD
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
I am excited to start my new position as Director (Germany) at the @miasa-ug.bsky.social Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa this month. I am looking forward to the cooperation with everybody working at & for MIASA - and, of course, all the academic fellows and artists in residence!
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Tonight I will give a public lecture asking "What actually happened to the Global Compact for #Migration? Perspectives for the global governance of migration and flight" at the University of Freiburg (in German): #GCM #Refugees
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Heute soll vom Bundestag das Ende der sogenannten "Turbo-Einbürgerung" beschlossen werden. Ich habe dazu 2 Interviews gegeben, heute morgen bei SWR Kultur (Link unten), heute mittag beim Deutschlandfunk, (Link folgt) #migration #Einbürgerung www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/urn:...
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Podcast: Aus für die Turbo-Einbürgerung: Symbolpolitik statt Migrationswende
Der Bundestag stimmt am Mittwoch über das Ende der sogenannten Turbo-Einbürgerung ab, die eine Einbürgerung bereits nach drei Jahren Aufenthalt ermöglicht hatte. Politikwissenschaftler Stefan Rother...
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Unequal Access to Digital Education, Ethical Governance of Data, Decision-Making with New Technologies – these were some of the topics at the GFMD in Colombia Wendy Panchi a social justice advocate from Ecuador shares her reflections in this guest contribution: gfmd2010.wordpress.com/2025/09/22/m...
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Migration in the Digital Age: Moving with Dignity. A reflection from the Colombian #GFMD
Unequal Access to Digital Education, Ethical Governance of Data, Decision-Making with New Technologies – these were some of the topics at a roundtable on “New Technologies and Digitaliz…
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
The next guest contribution for my blog is online: Here, Vivian Sieger shares her observations on being a Migration Youth & Children Platform delegate at the 15th Global Forum on #Migration and #Development (GFMD) earlier this September in Ríohacha, #Colombia : gfmd2010.wordpress.com/2025/09/15/a...
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A swift meeting with reality: A first-time-participants’ impressions from the Colombian #GFMD
A chaotic opening, a long-talking President, an uncertain future of the forum – but also a “chance to dream of a more dignified future arm-in-arm with like-minded people around the worl…
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Ich freue mich auf anregende Diskussionen bei meinem morgigen Vortrag zu " #Migration und #Flucht als Herausforderung der Politik. Konzepte und Kontroversen der Deutschen, Europäischen und globalen Migrationspolitik" im Gemeindehaus St. Gallus in Kirchzarten
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
How did Youth delegates experience the 15. Global Forum on #Migration and #Development (GFMD), what is their analysis what are their recommendations? This will be the topic of a number of guest contributions for my blog The 1st is from Luz Marina Pineda Morales gfmd2010.wordpress.com/2025/09/08/m...
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Migration is Not As Far From Our Reality as We Think: A Colombian Perspective from #GFMD 2025
Last week, the 15. Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) took place in Riohacha, Colombia. How did delegates from the Migration Youth and Children Platform (MYCP) experience the Forum, w…
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Today, the 15th #GFMD starts in Riohacha, Colombia. Looking back on the process, in this blogpost I try to make an assessment of how the GFMD has evolved over 18 years - and how it can find its place in the changing landscape of global #migration governance. gfmd2010.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/t...
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This week in Colombia: #GFMD turns 18 – but has it also reached maturity?
This week will see the 15th summit of the Global Forum on #Migration and #Development (GFMD) take place in Riohacha – an event probably not everybody would have expected to actually happen. Specifi…
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Looking forward to participating in this roundtable on "Diplomacy in a polatized world"in Freiburg at @uni-freiburg.de & UCF. My contributions will focus on the potential of inclusive & meaningful civil society–driven approaches to #migration #diplomacy. www.global-affairs.org/post/roundta...
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Roundtable: Diplomacy in a Polarized World
July 7th | 5:00 PM (please arrive a few minutes early)lecture hall at Hermann-Hetder. 6No registration required – just come by!Panel discussion with Q&A Duration: max. 2 hoursIn a time of intensifying...
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Out Now: Special #Geopolitics Issue on "Rethinking the International Organization for #Migration" #IOM edited by Sabine Dini, Shoshana Fine & Antoine Pécoud. Several of the articles are open access. Find links to the SI & related publications here: gfmd2010.wordpress.com/2025/06/19/o...
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Beginnt jetzt: Die Tagung für junge Wissenschaftler:innen im Bereich #Migration und #Flucht, vor 20 Jahren als Nachwuchstagung gegründet. Viele spannende Panels stehen an und als AK Migrationspolitik in der DVPW freuen wir uns, heute unseren Dissertationspreis zu vergeben.
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Interesting read ! (Including the comments…) #IOM #UNHCR
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Very much enjoyed this informal and wide-ranging conversation on #cities and #migration governance with dear colleagues during my stay in Manila this spring: www.youtube.com/watch?v=didU...
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Jetzt online: Die neue Version meines Länderporträts Kambodscha in der Reihe Friedensprozesse in Post-Konfliktgesellschaften der Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung. Schwerpunkt ist das Rote-Khmer-Tribunal www.bpb.de/themen/krieg...
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Kambodscha
Die Verurteilung wichtiger Repräsentanten des Terrorregimes der Roten Khmer ist ein Meilenstein bei der Aufarbeitung des Völkermords in Kambodscha – und machte ihn weltweit bekannt.
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
New development: The 2025 #Colombian Global Forum on #Migration and #Development #GFMD15 will be moved back to the first week of September (after having been moved ahead from "second half of 2015" to a date in June, followed by a location change...)
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Neu erschienen: Der Sammelband #Migration und #Covid-19 in der Reihe des #DVPW AK #Migrationspolitik bei Springer. Ich bin mit einem aus dem Englischen übersetzten Beitrag "Globale Migrationsgovernance von unten in Zeiten von COVID-19 und "Zoomifizierung"“ vertreten link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Migration und Covid-19
Der Band lädt dazu ein, Entwicklungen rund um die Themen Migration, Arbeit, Gesundheit und sozialer Schutz neu zu überdenken.
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Ich freue mich auf spannende Diskussionen bei meinem Vortrag beim katholischen Bildungswerk Achern
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Jetzt online: Mein Konfliktporträt zu #Birma / #Myanmar für die #bpb. 2014 war ich in einer mitreißenden Zeit des Aufbruchs in #Yangon; Die Universität wieder geöffnet, Hoffnung auf Wandel, eine engagierte Zivilgesellschaft... Dies scheint nun weiter entfernt denn je: www.bpb.de/themen/krieg...
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Birma/Myanmar
Seit dem Militärputsch im Jahre 2021 befindet sich Myanmar im Bürgerkrieg und steht am Rande des Staatszerfalls. Von der internationalen Gemeinschaft kommt kaum Unterstützung zur Konfliktlösung.
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Looking forward to the Roundtable starting now on #Philippine #migration to the Gulf - and beyond #labor at the University of the #Philippines, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Since this has been hardly communicated so far: The 15th Global Forum on #Migration and #Development #GFMD Summit has been moved forward on rather short notice and will now take place from 9 to 13 June, with Preparatory Days on 9 and 10 June in Barranquilla, #Colombia.
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Starting now after a productive steering committee session of the AspirE project: workshop on The challenges and future of transnational mobility @ The Education University of Hong Kong plus you can join in on Zoom #migration
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
"IOs are people, too": Out now - and open access: My new article on the socialisation of international organisations, using #IOMs role as coordinator of the #UN #Migration Network as a case study. This will be part of a #Geopolitics Special Issue on IOM www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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International Organisations Are People, Too: IOM’s Role as Coordinator of the UN Migration Network and the Socialisation of International Organisations
In International Relations (IR) research on socialisation, International Organisations (IOs) have so far primarily been conceptualised as fora in which member states might be socialised. This paper...
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Advance warning ;) Dear friends & colleagues, I will return to Hong Kong & #Manila for a research stay - it would be great to catch up ! Hong Kong: February 26 - March 3 Manila: March 3 - March 29 Hong Kong once more: March 29-March 31 Let's get in touch!
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Ich freue mich auf meinen Vortrag " #Migration und #Flucht als Herausforderung der nationalen und internationalen Politik" Evangelisches Erwachsenenbildungswerk Rheinland-Süd am Di, 11. Februar 18:30 - online, kostenlos, Anmeldung bis 9.2. unter dem Link: eeb-sued.de/veranstaltun...
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Veranstaltungen | EEb Rheinland-Süd
Alle Veranstaltungen und Termine des Evangelischen Erwachsenen­bildungswerk Rheinland-Süd e.V.
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
2 Tage früher wäre vielleicht noch effektiver gewesen, aber sehr anständig und wichtig: www.buero-bundeskanzlerin-ad.de/erklaerungen...
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Erklärung von Bundeskanzlerin a. D. Dr. Angela Merkel zur Abstimmung im Deutschen Bundestag am 29. Januar 2025
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Starting now: Two days of - virtual - thematic dialogues for the Colombian #GFMD scheduled for the second half of 2025 - there still has been no specific date announced. Today's focus is on ##women & #development, children & youth, #media & culture
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
I am absolutely bewildered that the coordinator of the UN Migration Network manages to write an article about a "broken global system" & when presenting solutions completely ignores the Global Compacts on #Migrants and #Refugees - and even the Network which she is coordinator of.
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Looking forward to my presentation and discussions today in Bielefeld (and online - Zoom link in the poster) on "Global #Migration and #Refugee Governance from Below: A Comparative Perspective" at the Institute for World Society Studies #GCM #RefugeeForum #RefugeeVoices
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
(1) "Die deutsche Staatsangehörigkeit darf nicht entzogen werden" Historisch betrachtet, ist die Regelung eine Reaktion auf die willkürliche Entziehung der Staatsangehörigkeit in der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus aus politischen, religiösen oder rassistischen Gründen. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artikel...
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Artikel 16 des Grundgesetzes für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland – Wikipedia
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
December18 is #InternationalMigrantsDay - I have compiled event announcements, statements and other ressources here: gfmd2010.wordpress.com/2024/12/16/e... #migration
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Events, reports and more on #InternationalMigrantsDay / new #ILO report on labour migration
December 18 is #InternationalMigrantsDay– and this year we will see once more plenty of activities, including online events, releases of statements and publications, around this date. I have starte…
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
It took a while, but now "a limited set of indicators" to track progress on the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular #Migration (#GCM) is available. The new website provides helpful links to relevant content on the Migration NetworkHub: migrationnetwork.un.org/indicators
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Limited set of indicators to review progress related to GCM implementation
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Looking forward to my talk today on the role and strategies of cities in global #migration and #refugee governance & the exchange with the #HumanRights discussion group at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law Heidelberg #migrationresearch
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Interested in Southeast Asia? Here is a great starter pack:
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
And here is another great #migration starter pack:
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
It finally starts getting busy here... great starter pack on #Migration and #Displacement Researchers, kudos to @laurahammond.bsky.social for the initiative !
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Very excited to attend this workshop by @evaostergaard.bsky.social in Barcelona! Many fascinating papers on the still developing field of migration and #democracy. Tomorrow I will present on "Democratic Diffusion through multi-level organizing? A case study of #Philippine migrant civil society"
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 29/10/2024
Out now: my chapter "From ‘Glorified Travel Agency’ to ‘the UN #Migration Agency’: The International Organization for Migration’s #IOM Changing Policy Roles in Times of Crisis" in the edited volume "International Organizations Amid Global Crises" bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/edcollchap/b...
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 28/10/2024
A busy week in (virtual) global #migration governance (from below) - the first of 3 "virtual thematic dialogues" on the #GFMD2025 in #Colombia starting today, covering 2 RTs, to be continued Tuesday & Wednesday. The technology meeting starts fittingly with a virtual whiteboard and post-it-notes..
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 28/10/2024
Ich freue mich, heute an der Akademie der Älteren Generation in Freiburg über "Migration und Flucht als Herausforderung der Politik" zu sprechen - und konstruktiv zu diskutieren
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 22/10/2024
Ich freue mich auf anregende Diskussionen bei meiner morgigen Semesterauftakt-Vorlesung an der @politikuhh.bsky.social zum Thema "Soziale Bewegungen in einer hybriden Welt; "Zoomification", Online-Aktivismus und die Globale #Governance von #Migration"
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 24/09/2024
On my way to #dvpw2024 congress - looking forward to many inspiring exchanges ! Our Arbeitskreis #Migrationspolitik will hold its membership meeting on Friday, sandwiched by 2 great panels on "#Migration Policies in Polycrisis: #Climate Change, Pandemic, War and Forced Migration"
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 24/09/2024
My claim to fame: ;) "Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1.581.088!"
A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #1.581.088, Stefan Rother ‪@srother.bsky.social‬, joined on 18. Okt. 2023"
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 17/06/2024
Ich freue mich, an dieser Podiumsdiskussion zum #Weltgeflüchtetentag teilzunehmen und insbesondere die demokratische Partizipation von #Geflüchteten in der internationalen Politik/Governance einzubringen #Weltflüchtlingstag Weitere Infos zur Veranstaltung: www.amnesty.de/allgemein/te...
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Stefan Rother @srother.bsky.social · 25/04/2024
Out now: My assessment of the 2023 second Global Refugee Forum #GRF & the 2024 #GFMD14 including reflections on meaningful participation of #migrant and #refugee self-organizations such as #CSGFMD14 & Global Refugee-led Network (GRN). Published in the German (language) Review of the UN
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