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The key to successful integration of refugees in Germany. Language skills, housing, work, social participation

Christ, Simone
Externe Publikationen (2019)

in: BICC Policy Brief 5/2019

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This Policy Brief, based on the results of research conducted in North Rhine-Westphalia1, makes suggestions on how to bring about the successful integration of refugees2. At this point, it is not only the state, but above all the federal and local political level that share a responsibility to implement (legislative) measures. The author understands integration as participation in society that is as equitable as possible for all people. Integration, therefore, does not refer exclusively to migrants or  refugees but includes all people or groups of people who are excluded from certain social, economic or political areas (Pries, 2015). It is a process of encounter and exchange, not a unilateral adaptation by migrants. Socio-political challenges - such as long-standing problems on the housing market or in the school system - can make equal participation more difficult. However, solutions must be found here that involve not only refugees but all sections of the population.

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