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The final chapter of this book concludes by reflecting on the various ways in which new civic actors and practices invite us to rethink protection. The second point may be labelled rethinking humanitarianism and solidarity. The intensive involvement of a range of new actors, including people with activist background and political biographies, in providing support of a humanitarian nature to refugees has important implications both for the humanitarian field, which boundaries are being contested and redrawn, and for pro-refugee activism which is being reshaped through its involvement in practices traditionally looked down upon. Finally, the conclusion would like to offer further reflection on a theme that traverses most, if not all, chapters of this volume, namely the relation between volunteer work, politics and state responsibility.
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Cantat, C., Feischmidt, M. (2019). Conclusion: Civil Involvement in Refugee Protection—Reconfiguring Humanitarianism and Solidarity in Europe. In: Feischmidt, M., Pries, L., Cantat, C. (eds) Refugee Protection and Civil Society in Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92741-1_14
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