Flight and Migration from Africa to Europe

This publication collects contributions to understanding and addressing migration flows from Africa to Europe and supporting social coexistence in the destination countries. Written by experts in psychology and social work, the articles approach the topic of immigration based on empirical research in their academic and professional specialties. The book focuses on issues of intervention, letting the research be the starting point for further plans. This focus makes the book valuable for professionals as well as policy makers.

Table of Contents
Editorial 9
Renzo Carli, Rosa Maria Paniccia
The Culture of Security and Governance in Italy and Germany: a
comparison 13
Christopher Hein
Contemporary mixed migration from Africa to Europe via Italy 30
Giorgia Marinelli, Viviana Langher, Andrea Caputo, Kibreab
Habtemichael, Angelika Groterath
The Viernheim study: use clinical psychology to explore integration
capacities of a German community 52
Lena Pschiuk, Viviana Langher, Giorgia Marinelli, Angelika Groterath
Resilience and Posttraumatic Growth of Refugee Women One Study
and Two [Types of] Results 68
Denise Filmer, Massimo Sturiale
Trust, identity, and the intercultural mediator s role in the migrant
crisis on the South East coast of Sicily 84
Sabine Pirchio, Sara Costa, Rosa Ferri
Language and social integration in multicultural contexts 105
Maria Cristina Tumiati, Andrea Cavani, Laura Piombo, Giorgia
Marinelli, Gianfranco Costanzo, Concetta Mirisola
Itineraries of geoclinical psychopathology in Public Institution 117
Katrin Luise Laezer, Marianne Leuzinger-Bohleber
Psychoanalytically based social work with traumatized refugees:
implementing the STEP-BY-STEP project 131
Germana Cesarano, Angelika Groterath, Daniela Moretti
The Service System for Victims of Human Trafficking in the City of
Rome 160
Sofija Georgievska
Indicators for identification of victims of trafficking in human beings 173
Giuseppe Mannino, Eleonora Maria Cuccia, Marta Schiera, Erika Faraci
The challenge of recovering trafficked and smuggled humans: new
integration proposals starting from analysis of the old protection
system for asylum seekers (SPRAR) in Sicily 190
David Schiefer
Migration and family: a neglected nexus? 201