About Us
Founded in 1983, the Contact and Consultation Center for Refugees and Migrants in Berlin-Kreuzberg (Kontakt- und Beratungsstelle für Flüchtlinge und MigrantInnen e.V. – KuB) is a registered non-profit association, whose purpose it is to provide support and consultation services for refugees and migrants from all over the world, in matters concerning not only social and residence law, but also psychosocial and other existential questions. We are committed to the notion that all men and women are entitled to a secure residence status as well as equal political, social, and economic opportunities.Our Aims and Objectives
Our central aim is to assist refugees and migrants who consult us in their efforts to lead independent and self-determined lives in Germany, and to help them establish the essential foundations of the legal, psychological, and existential kind. Our method is based on a holistic, people-focused conception of social work, and we pursue a rigorously addressee-oriented approach.Our Team
Matching the diversity among our addressees, our team is made up of people from a variety of national and cultural backgrounds. They come not only from different parts of the world but also from a wide array of professional fields: Lawyers, social workers, family consultants, psychologists, graduates in German studies, cultural studies, and social science, art therapists, theater pedagogues, an It engineer, as well as students from a range of different fields.Arbeitsweise und Organisationsstruktur
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Die wie folgend dargestellte Organisationsstruktur und Arbeitsweise der KuB versucht einerseits dem Ideal der hierarchiefreien Arbeitsweise gerecht zu werden, anderseits trägt sie zur Transparenz sowie Effizienz der verschieden Arbeitsbereiche bei.
Geschichte der KuB
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Schon zu Beginn der achtziger Jahre waren Flüchtlinge in Deutschland von staatlichen Repressalien betroffen, wie der Unterbringung in Sammelunterkünfte, eingeschränkter Bewegungsfreiheit, Vollverpflegung, Verweigerung von Arbeitserlaubnissen und der Kürzungen von Sozialleistungen. Auch der Berliner Senat und dessen ausführende Behörden (Zentrale Sozialhilfestelle für Asylbewerber (ZSA), Ausländerpolizei, Gerichte etc.) versuchten das Leben der Flüchtlinge in Berlin zu dieser Zeit so unangenehm wie möglich zu gestalten und ihr Recht einer menschenwürdigen Wahrnehmung ihres Anspruches auf Asyl entgegenzuwirken.*
Co-operation Partners
The KuB cooperates with various institutions in and around Berlin. You'll find more information and further links here.