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This final chapter formulates a reconsideration of refugee activism such that it should be considered beyond endeavours for citizenship, and viewed in broader terms to include anti-racist and decolonial struggles. This chapter also discusses the different initiatives described in the earlier chapters in a comparative framework, the merits and demerits of engaging in diverse forms of activism, and the dilemmas of melding care work and trying to engage in anti-racist politics within refugee and solidarity activism.
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Bhimji, F. (2020). Conclusion: Reconsidering Refugee Activism and Solidarity. In: Border Regimes, Racialisation Processes and Resistance in Germany. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49320-2_7
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