Immigration and integration

2. Migration&
Integration
YES-Event 2015
Tallin (Estonia)
Team Germany

3. Outline
1. Definitions: Migration, Integration, Asylum
2. Refugees- not a modern phenomenon
3. A refugee‘s route
4. Germany facing the refugee crisis
5. Ways to contribute

4. Refugee :
A person who has been forced to leave his/her country in order to
escape from war, persecution or a natural catastrophe. (Oxford
dictionaries)
Asylum-Seeker:
Someone who says that he/she is a refugee but whose claim has not
yet been definitely evaluated.
( UNHCR )

5. Migrant:
A person who moves from one place to another in order to find work
or better living conditions. (Oxford dictionaries)
Immigration:
The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country. (Oxford
dictionaries)

6. Outline
1. Definitions: Migration, Integration, Asylum
2. Refugees- Not a modern phenomenon
3. A refugee‘s route
4. Germany facing the refugee crisis
5. Ways to contribute

8. What makes them flee
their home country?
PERSECUTION
ECONOMY
CRISIS
NO FREEDOM OF
OPINION/PRESS/
RELIGION
OPRESSION
(CIVIL) WAR
FAMINE
POVERTY
NATURAL
DISASTERS

9. • flight & oppression already mentioned in bible
• refugee movements e.g. in ancient times, Middle Ages

10. Migration in Germany
1880’s: migrant workers (from Poland)
World War I:+10 Mio. Refugees

11. During Nazi-Regime & World War II
biggest migration movement

12. Divided Germany
Between 1949 & 1961
→ 2.7 Mio people from East to West Germany
Between 1961 & 1989:
-crossed the border illegally

13. migrant workers from Vietnam
-significant for East Germany´s economy

14. migrant workers: Mediterranean countries
-significant for West Germany´s economy

15. Outline
1. Definitions: Migration, Integration, Asylum
2. Refugees- Not a modern phenomenon
3. A refugee‘s route
4. Germany facing the refugee crisis
5. Ways to contribute

16. FINAL DESTINATION: Germany

17. Where are refugees coming from?
Syria(41%)
Albania
(16%)
Afghanistan
(7%)
Iraq
6%
Serbia
3%
Eritrea
3%
Pakistan
3%
Macedonia
2%
Unclear
2%
Unknown
16% Kosovo
1%

18. OBSTACLES
•Mediterranean Sea
•Sahara Desert
•human trafficking

19. FINAL DESTINATION: Germany

20. IN EUROPE
Dublin Regulation (third country):
“only one Member State is responsible for examining an asylum
application“

21. Welcome to Germany?
§16a (Basic Law):
„Persons persecuted on political grounds shall have the right of
asylum”

22. 1. Reception centre
•Application for asylum
•No background information required

23. 2. Distribution
•Among 16 federal states of Germany
•Program called “EASY“
based on “Königssteiner Schlüssel“

24. 3. Interview/Consultation
•Identity verification
•Background
•Intention
•Approval

25. 4. Decision
APPROVAL SUBSIDARY PROTECTION
DEPORTATION
(more than 60%)
Federal Office for
Migration and Refugees

26. FINAL DESTINATION: Germany

27. Outline
1. Definitions: Migration, Integration, Asylum
2. Refugees- Not a modern phenomenon
3. A refugee‘s route
4. Germany facing the refugee crisis
5. Ways to contribute

28. Germany in the face of refugees

30. Anti-immigration protests
PEGIDA: „Patriotic Europeans against the Islamization of the West“

31. „Confederation against right-extremism“
„There is no tolerance for those who
question other people‘s dignity.“
- Angela Merkel
Counter Protests

33. Outline
1. Definitions: Migration, Integration, Asylum
2. Refugees- Not a modern phenomenon
3. A refugee‘s route
4. Germany facing the refugee crisis
5. Ways to contribute

34. Video-interview paulsen

35. Volunteer agencies

36. Volenteering Language teaching

37. Charity run Oct 30th

38. Thank you for your
attention!
YES EVENT 2015
TALLIN (ESTONIA)
TEAM GERMANY