Abstract
The "refugee crisis" is a crisis of solidarity, not numbers, said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Washington, DC in April 2016 (UN 2016). He appealed to the countries of Europe for greater political unity, recalling the true causes of the crisis: global social and economic inequality and political marginalization. Now, faster and more than ever, European societies must respond with "monumental solidarity," Ban Ki-moon said. The summer of migration quickly became a test of European solidarity. The countries of the Visegrád Group - Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic - quickly positioned themselves against German politics. The Czech Prime Minister Sobotka called for a closure of the Balkan route for migrants. Together with Austria, the Visegrád group of Macedonia offered assistance in securing the border with Greece. The proposal for a quota-based distribution of refugees within Europe was rejected by these countries.
| Translated title of the contribution | New solidarity in Europe? Migrants from Poland in Germany, their attitudes towards immigration and commitment to refugees |
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| Original language | German |
| Title of host publication | Geschlossene Gesellschaften. Verhandlungen des 38. Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie in Bamberg |
| Editors | Stephan Lessenich |
| Publisher | Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
