Asylum: Uncertainty instead of protection? For a better understanding of the everyday experiences of refugees

What is life like for people who have gone through the asylum procedure in Switzerland and have been granted protection status? Asylum implies the experience of violence in the past. To a certain extent, violence is the basis or prerequisite for a person being granted asylum. But does asylum conversely promote a state of non-violence or the possibility of recovery from experienced violence? How are experienced safety and solidarity related? And how is safety spatially and socially located?  

This event will give you an insight into the SNSF project "The interplay of protection and violence in the context of flight and asylum". The project managers will present the key findings from their research into the everyday experiences of refugees in Norway and Switzerland and place the interplay between protection and violence in a broader context.

In a panel discussion with voices from science, politics and practice, the relationship between protection and violence will then be examined from different perspectives, forms of violence and different types of protection spaces will be highlighted and the need for action will be identified. In dialogue with the audience, the aim is to show to what extent and by what means each of us can contribute to greater protection and recognition in the everyday lives of refugees and beyond.