“We are here to stay”: Reflections on the struggle of the refugee group “Lampedusa in Hamburg” and the Solidarity Campaign, 2013-2015

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“We are here to stay” : Reflections on the struggle of the refugee group “Lampedusa in Hamburg” and the Solidarity Campaign, 2013-2015. / Borgstede, Simone Beate.

Migration, Squatting and Radical Autonomy: Resistance and Destabilization of Racist Regulatory Policies and B/Ordering Mechanisms. ed. / Pierpaolo Mudu; Sutapa Chattopadhyay. Taylor and Francis Inc., 2016. p. 162-182.

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Harvard

Borgstede, SB 2016, “We are here to stay”: Reflections on the struggle of the refugee group “Lampedusa in Hamburg” and the Solidarity Campaign, 2013-2015. in P Mudu & S Chattopadhyay (eds), Migration, Squatting and Radical Autonomy: Resistance and Destabilization of Racist Regulatory Policies and B/Ordering Mechanisms. Taylor and Francis Inc., pp. 162-182. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315673301

APA

Borgstede, S. B. (2016). “We are here to stay”: Reflections on the struggle of the refugee group “Lampedusa in Hamburg” and the Solidarity Campaign, 2013-2015. In P. Mudu, & S. Chattopadhyay (Eds.), Migration, Squatting and Radical Autonomy: Resistance and Destabilization of Racist Regulatory Policies and B/Ordering Mechanisms (pp. 162-182). Taylor and Francis Inc.. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315673301

Vancouver

Borgstede SB. “We are here to stay”: Reflections on the struggle of the refugee group “Lampedusa in Hamburg” and the Solidarity Campaign, 2013-2015. In Mudu P, Chattopadhyay S, editors, Migration, Squatting and Radical Autonomy: Resistance and Destabilization of Racist Regulatory Policies and B/Ordering Mechanisms. Taylor and Francis Inc. 2016. p. 162-182 doi: 10.4324/9781315673301

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