Boundary Work

Executive summary

Since 2019 refugees have had to establish themselves in Denmark and prepare to return to their home country at one and the same time.

The increased focus on temporary protection in the Danish immigration legislation affects a wide group of people including not just the refugees but also the volunteers and caseworkers who support their social integration.

For refugees, temporariness and uncertainty constitute fundamental conditions of life, while for professionals in municipalities and for local volunteers they change the framework conditions for their work.

This is the main conclusion of the research project Boundary Work – new interfaces between the state, civil society and refugees in a self-reliance and return context. This booklet provides a summary of the project and its
findings.

”Boundary Work - new interfaces between the state, civil society and refugees in a self-reliance and return context” was carried out in a collaboration between the DRC Danish Refugee Council, the Red Cross and researchers from AMIS – Centre for Advanced Migration Studies, Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen, during the period 2021–2024.

More information about the project be found here in Danish.