Arrivial Infrastructures: Helping new arrivals find their feet in Germany

Whether new arrivals find their feet in Germany is no matter of course. Immigrants arriving in German cities find themselves faced with a variety of barriers, whether legal, linguistic or social. Arrival infrastructures can help people access such important resources as housing, work, language courses, education and social networks. Of key importance in this respect are urban space and, in particular, neighbourhoods long characterised by migration and featuring established support infrastructures. This TRENDS issue presents the results of the international AIMEC research project, with a focus on Dortmund‘s Nordstadt district.