Frankfurt

Abstract

This chapter provides background information on the City of Frankfurt, Germany, before exploring what is known of its residents with a precarious status. It explains Frankfurt City Council’s relevant duties and powers, relative to those of the region in which it is situated, Hesse, and of the Federal Government, and the complexity created by the overlapping legal and policy remits of these different authorities. The chapter sets out our research findings in relation to the city, providing detail on the ways in which migrants with a precarious status are granted access, or excluded, from services; the range of barriers that they face; the Council’s relationship with NGOs in relation to service provision and its internal governance arrangements; as well as the capacity issues the Council itself faces in relation to this group of residents.