This paper deals with perceptions, encounters and experiences of children with refugees and refugee children in Germany. It is based on the Fourth World Vision Children Study, which is regularly conducted in Germany since 2007. The study is based on a representative survey among 6- to 11-year-old children, which was combined with qualitative case studies and focuses on children´s well-being, their fears, their concerns as well as their attitudes toward other societal groups and contemporary political issues. For the survey of the Fourth World Vision Children Study, in the questionnaire there were also items included which should allow collecting data on children´s encounters and experiences with refugees, and particularly refugees who are their peers. This paper presents the approach taken in the study and how it is embedded conceptually in childhood studies before reporting and discussing selected findings on the experiences of children in Germany with refugees in their neighbourhood and among their peers. The findings presented in this paper refer to contact as well as interactions and opportunities for establishing friendships between refugee and non-refugee children. This is followed by a discussion of the implications these findings have in terms of consequences for supporting refugee children when arriving at Germany. In the conclusion, we will finally point out the implications of our study for the broader field of childhood studies in social sciences.

本文涉及德国难民儿童和难民儿童的看法、遭遇和经历。它基于自 2007 年以来在德国定期进行的第四次世界视力儿童研究。 该研究基于对 6 至 11 岁儿童的代表性调查，并结合定性案例研究，重点关注儿童的福祉、他们的恐惧、他们的担忧以及他们对其他社会群体和当代政治问题的态度。对于第四次世界宣明会儿童研究的调查，问卷中还包括一些项目，这些项目应允许收集有关儿童与难民，特别是同龄难民的遭遇和经历的数据。本文介绍了研究中采用的方法以及它如何在概念上嵌入儿童研究，然后再报告和讨论有关德国儿童在其邻里和同龄人中遇到难民的经历的选定发现。本文提出的调查结果涉及难民儿童和非难民儿童之间建立友谊的接触、互动和机会。随后讨论了这些发现对抵达德国时支持难民儿童的后果的影响。最后，我们将最终指出我们的研究对社会科学中更广泛的儿童研究领域的影响。