New publication: „Migration, Kindheit und die Grenzen der Gerechtigkeit – Was schulden wir minderjährigen Flüchtlingen?“

The authors emphasise the right of children and young people to appropriate refugee, reception and integration processes, which is often overlooked. In doing so, they emphasise the responsibility to provide adequate protection and support, even if this involves political, economic and social challenges. Reinhardt and Schweiger identify the specific responsibilities of state institutions, civil society and the host society's citizens, and formulate demands accordingly.

They link philosophical reflections with findings from developmental psychology, trauma research, sociology, and political science in order to construct an ethically justifiable and practically feasible standard for migration policy. They argue that children and young people are not given enough consideration as moral subjects in current migration ethics and policy, which has devastating consequences for their physical and mental health due to inadequate institutional arrangements and political decisions.

The book is therefore aimed not only at fellow experts, but also at the general public, inviting a fundamental debate on migration and justice.

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