The Camp, Housing, and the City: Berlin's Migrant Camp Accommodation after the »Long Summer of Migration«

In 2015 many camps were opened to accommodate newly arriving migrants in Berlin. Christian Sowa studies this form of accommodation. Moving beyond an exclusive focus on borders and migration, he argues that camp accommodation must be thought of and studied as part of the urban context and as a specific form of housing. The study provides an in-depth case study, discusses policy alternatives, argues for "housing for all instead of camps", and contributes to bringing urban and migration studie...