Hospitality towards Migrants and Refugees: State vs. City

by Harald Bauder

We’re touched by their hospitality and they’re touched by our endeavours to support them.” This is how a student nurse delivering medical supplies describes the work of volunteers at an NGO in Poland that supports Ukrainian refugees. Residents in the Netherlands, the UK, and other countries who are opening their homes to refugees from Afghanistan, Syria and Ukraine practice a form of “bottom up” hospitality.

UZHHOROD, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 27, 2022 - A woman and children are pictured at the Uzhhorod-Vysne Nemecke checkpoint on the Ukraine-Slovakia border, Zakarpattia Region, western Ukraine.  — Photo by Ukrinform. 
Retrieved from https://depositphotos.com/550432906/stock-photo-uzhhorod-ukraine-february-2022-woman.html on April 18, 2022
UZHHOROD, UKRAINE – FEBRUARY 27, 2022 – A woman and children are pictured at the Uzhhorod-Vysne Nemecke checkpoint on the Ukraine-Slovakia border, Zakarpattia Region, western Ukraine. — Photo by Ukrinform.
Retrieved from https://depositphotos.com/550432906/stock-photo-uzhhorod-ukraine-february-2022-woman.html on April 18, 2022
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