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Einsame junge Frau steht auf Seebrücke und schaut in die Ferne (refer to: Loneliness: Especially younger people are feeling increasingly lonely) | Source: © fotoduets/stock.adobe.com

FReDA Policy BriefLoneliness: Especially younger people are feeling increasingly lonely

In the last five years, the feeling of loneliness has increased in Germany. Today, one in three people between the ages of 18 and 53 feels lonely at least some of the time – including many younger people under 30, as new BiB analyses show.

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Peer-Reviewed Articles in Scientific JournalsMigration und Flucht im globalen Süden

Swiaczny, Frank; Hillmann, Felicitas (2017)

Geographische Rundschau 3/2017: 46–50

The number of international migrants and refugees as well as internally displaced persons reached an unprecedented level in 2015. Compared to the growing global population, however, the share of international migrants has hardly increased during the past 25 years. The paper discusses the rising importance of south-south migration and its changing structure and dynamics. More and more migrants and refugees are heading into neighbouring countries. While the humanitarian and economic challenges for the affected countries are generally acknowledged, a positive impact of transnational south-south migration, e.g. in terms of remittances and transfer of human capital, anticipated by many development strategies, has yet to be confirmed.

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