{"id":10944,"date":"2016-06-13T17:39:33","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T15:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wannseeforum.de\/?p=10944"},"modified":"2025-07-30T13:58:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T11:58:28","slug":"fluchtursachen_mai2016","status":"publish","type":"seminare","link":"https:\/\/wannseeforum.de\/en\/seminare\/fluchtursachen_mai2016\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201eCauses of Flight\u201c May 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"
Seminar from the series \u201eFlight and Migration\u201c:<\/h5>\n

In the debate surrounding the so-called "refugee crisis," a growing number of voices are calling for the elimination of the root causes of displacement. This is indeed necessary to offer people a future in their respective countries of origin. However, the focus on the root causes of displacement often falls short and is characterized by selective perception. For example, the war in Syria, with its approximately 300,000 Syrian deaths, is usually recognized as a legitimate reason for seeking refuge. What is often forgotten, however, is that armed conflicts also exist in countries like Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, and Sudan. Furthermore, war not only poses a threat to life but also leads to humanitarian crises, poverty and hunger, and the destruction of habitats. On the other hand, discrimination and persecution, or the consequences of climate change, are denied as valid reasons for displacement.<\/p>\n

\""Wei\u00dft<\/a>
\nIn the seminar \u201eCauses of flight\u201c<\/strong> from May 23rd to 27th, 2016 with students of the Louise-Schroeder-School<\/a> It was therefore important to highlight the diversity of reasons for flight and countries of origin, and to demonstrate that the causes of flight often overlap, overlap, and reinforce each other. Historical and current global power relations and dependencies, and the related question of the shared responsibility of former colonial powers and industrialized European countries for the causes of global refugee and migration movements, were also addressed.
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The 53 participants explored different aspects of the highly topical seminar theme in five different workshop groups (audio, rap, two theater workshops, and weblog). They utilized the artistic expressive possibilities of their respective media to present their positions, developed after intensive research and lively discussions, on the final day of the seminar in the theater hall of the wannseeFORUM.

\""Refugee<\/a><\/p>\n

The Audio workshop<\/strong> The focus was primarily on meat consumption, its impact on the environment and people, and how this can lead to causes or reasons for migration\/refugeeism (monocultures, land grabbing). A Skype interview with Francisco Mar\u00ed, advisor for global food security, agricultural trade, and marine policy at [organization name missing], provided important insights. \u201e"Bread for the World"\u201c<\/a>. He provided the participants with information about his organization's work in various countries of the Global South. Furthermore, he criticized what he considered to be Germany's contradictory policies, which on the one hand forward donations to "Bread for the World" to implement or support projects such as building self-sufficiency in chicken meat in various African countries, while on the other hand, the export of cheap poultry waste to these very same countries is causing the collapse of local markets. The audio contributions produced by the participants (survey, quiz, interview) are available at the following link: link<\/a> to find.
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\""Fluchtursachen"\"<\/a>
\nStarting with the question "Why do people flee?", the Rap group<\/strong> An overview of the diversity of reasons and causes for displacement. From the exploitation of people from the countries of the Global South to the destruction of the livelihoods of African fishermen through overfishing of the waters off their coasts by foreign factory ships, to corrupt governments: The insights gained by the participants from engaging with these topics were subsequently incorporated into the self-written lyrics of the rap song "Do you know what it's like?".
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