Welcome to the migration policy portal of the Heinrich Böll Foundation. To help you navigate the website, we’ve put together some guidance on how to use it.

Heimatkunde is the migration policy portal of the Heinrich Böll Foundation. The platform provides space for nuanced perspectives on current migration policy debates, and for artistic and cultural expression.

As Sudan’s war rages on, millions have been displaced—most of them women and children. On World Refugee Day, journalist Shimaa Samy shares the intertwined stories of two Sudanese women in Cairo. While struggling with trauma, discrimination, and structural obstacles, they continue to fight for recognition – and support a growing community of refugee women.

As the father of one of the two girls whose courageous intervention in 2013 sparked both a national and international debate on language, racism, and belonging, Mekonnen Mesghena reflects on acts of child-led civic courage, a responsive and solidaristic public, and the transformative power of political engagement.

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