This open access book describes how the numerous arrivals of asylum seekers since 2015 shaped reception and integration processes in Europe. It addresses the structuration of asylum and reception systems, and spaces and places of reception on European, national, regional and local level. It also analyses perceptions and discourses on asylum and refugees, their evolvement and the consequences for policy development. Furthermore, it examines practices and policy developments in the field of refugee reception and integration. The volume shows and explains a variety of refugee reception and integration strategies and practices as specific outcome of multilevel governance processes in Europe. By addressing and contextualizing those multiple experiences of asylum seeker reception, the book is a valuable contribution to the literature on migration and integration, societal development and political culture in Europe.

This open access book describes and explains varieties of refugee reception and integration strategies and practices on the local level

1 Introduction: Birgit Glorius, Jeroen Doomernik.- Part I: Governing Asylum and Reception within an Asylum System under Stress: 2 Dispersal and Reception in Northern Italy: Comparing Systems along the Brenner Route: Michela Semprebon, Gracy Pelacani.- 3 Legal Paradigm Shifts and their Impacts on the Socio-Spatial Exclusion of Asylum Seekers in Denmark: René Kreichauf.- 4 Places and Spaces of the Others: A German Reception Center in Public Discourse and Individual Perception: Daniel Göler.- 5 Before and After the Reception Crisis of 2015: Asylum and Reception Policies in Austria: Sandra Müller, Sieglinde Rosenberger.- Part II: Perceptions and Discourses on Refugee Reception6 Local Narrative-Making on Refugees: how the Interaction between Journalists and Policy Networks shapes the Media Frames: Andrea Pogliano, Irene Ponzo.- 7 Shaping "the Deserving Refugee": Insights from a Local Reception Programme in Flanders: Stiene Ravn, Rilke Mahieu, Milena Belloni, Chris Timmerman.- 8 The Public Perception of the Migration Crisis from the Hungarian Point of View. Evidence from the Field: Bori Simonovits.- Part III: Local Practices of Refugee Integration: 9 Diverging Perspectives on "Integration" in the Vocational Education System: Evidence from an East German Periphery: Birgit Glorius, Anne-Christin Schondelmayer.- 10 Municipal Housing Strategies for Refugees. Insights from two Case Studies in Germany: Francesca Adam, Stefanie Föbker, Daniela Imani, Carmella Pfaffenbach, Günther Weiss, Claus-Christian Wiegandt.- 11 Arenas of Volunteering: Experiences, Practices and Conflicts of Voluntary Refugee Relief: Annika Hoppe-Seyler.- 12 Local Innovation in the Reception of Asylum Seekers in the Netherlands. Plan Einstein as an Example of Multi-Level and Multi-Sector Collaboration: Karin Geuijen, Caroline Oliver, Rianne Dekker.- 13 Conclusion: Jeroen Doomernik, Birgit Glorius.