Claas Schneiderheinze is a researcher at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. He completed a bachelor of economics in Kiel and a master of development economics in Göttingen. In September of 2016 he joined the Kiel Institute’s department of poverty reduction, equity and development as a research fellow and PhD candidate. He is funded by the MEDAM project and mainly works on the country of origin perspective. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/claas-schneiderheinze/rss en Laws & Policy Tue, 13 Jun 2017 14:59:58 +0000 Tobias Stöhr, Claas Schneiderheinze https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/06/13/border-walls-dont-stop-immigration-but-they-do-undermine-integration https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/06/13/border-walls-dont-stop-immigration-but-they-do-undermine-integration Border walls are gaining popularity in Europe and the U.S. In this excerpt from the Mercator Dialogue on Asylum and Migration’s 2017 assessment report, researchers explain how walls don’t stop immigration but shift migration patterns and harm integration.