Convenors: Jutta Lauth Bacas (Convenor of MedNet) & Carlo Capello (University of Torino)
The massive arrival of boat migrants and refugees in Mediterranean countries has given way to both hospitality and to growing xenophobia. Panel P072 will discuss: What are causes and consequences of such increasing xenophobic feelings occurring in reception countries? And how are grassroots hospitality and the official migration apparatuses locally organised?