Germany has witnessed an influx of forced migrants in recent years. Promoting social interaction with the local community is key to supporting the resettlement of these newcomers. Location-based freecycling services present important benefits due to freecycling's potential to bolster social engagement and location-based services' ability to adapt to the user's context. Yet, their potential to support forced migrants' resettlement is yet to be examined. We conducted needs assessment interviews with 11 participants in Muenster, Germany. We analyzed the interview results to develop user requirements for location-based freecycling services. We then implemented a subset of the user requirements as a prototype mobile app called Geofreebie. The evaluation of the app with 22 participants showed that Geofreebie offered two key advantages for forced migrants' resettlement: it increased the size of their social network, and created a sense of community on their side. These findings can benefit researchers and developers of location-based services to support forced migrant resettlement.
翻译：近年来,德国目睹了被迫移民的涌入。促进与当地社区的社会互动是支持这些新移民重新安置的关键。基于地点的免费自行车服务具有重要的效益,因为免费自行车具有促进社会参与和基于地点的服务适应用户环境的潜力。然而,他们支持被迫移民重新安置的潜力尚待研究。我们与德国穆恩斯特的11名参与者进行了需求评估访谈。我们分析了访谈结果,以制定基于地点的免费自行车服务的用户要求。我们随后将用户要求的一部分作为原型移动应用程序“Geofreebie”实施。对22名参与者的应用程序的评估表明,Geofreebie为被迫移民的重新安置提供了两大优势:它扩大了他们的社会网络规模,并创造了他们身边的社区意识。这些结果有利于研究人员和基于地点的服务开发者,以支持被迫移民的重新安置。
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