On 20 November, UNESCO’s annual Global Education Monitoring Report was presented to the world in Germany for the first time. This year’s report focuses on the links between migration, displacement and education. It states that the right to quality education of the children of refugees as well as migrants is still not always adequately guaranteed…
Tag: Integration
Promoting a Europe of diversity: Germany and France discuss integration — Federal Foreign Office, Germany
Teaching language skills and values was in the spotlight at the first meeting of the Franco-German Integration Council which took place on Tuesday (7 November) in Berlin and was co-chaired by the German and French Interior Ministers, Thomas de Maizière and Gérard Collomb, and the Commissioners for Franco-German Integration Council which took place on Tuesday…
Syrians in Germany: The need to find a voice — by Syrian author Tarek Azizeh on Qantara de along with two DW Videos
There are far more pressing issues for Syrians living in exile in Germany than the much-discussed topic of integration, writes Syrian author Tarek Azizeh. Getting organised and participating in public life is a top priority Germany has taken in most of the roughly one million refugees who have made their way across the Mediterranean to…
Germany: Integrated refugee management — Federal Office for Migration and Refugees | Read and watch
Click Image to watch video or Download (mp4) A new explanatory film introduces the “Integrated refugee management” concept of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF). The film’s three chapters use attractive illustrations to show the various phases which asylum-seekers go through in Germany until such time as their asylum process is complete,…
Refugee Crisis: Knowledge is Integration — Goethe de| More new programmes and initiatives on education
Asylum-seekers in Germany often have to take a few hurdles before they are able to start studying or find a highly skilled job. As a result, more and more programmes and initiatives are developing concepts aimed at smoothing the path to education and scholarship. A university for refugees: Kiron University; | Photo (detail): © Kiron…
The “New Germans” – Diversity as enrichment: this is the message of a growing number of networks — Deutschland de
Being a German – what does this mean? In Germany there are many people who broach this question, especially young people with an immigrant background. They have joined together in various groups and organizations and with their commitment pointed the way to diversity as enrichment. Four examples. © DW – New Germans New German media…
Refugees: Germany picks up the tempo on asylum — Deutsche Welle | Watch news video
State and federal authorities in Germany are set to put new migration laws into practice a week earlier than planned. The new laws curb services to rejected migrants and speed up the process for granting asylum. Click Image to watch news video Germany’s newly tightened asylum laws will go into effect nearly a week early,…
Video-My Germany: Poetry Slammer and Writer Sulaiman Masomi
DEUTSCHLAND.de Published on 23 Jul 2015 Als kleines Kind kam Sulaiman Masomi mit seiner Familie aus Afghanistan nach Deutschland. Mittlerweile hat er zwei Bücher veröffentlicht und tritt deutschlandweit als Poetry-Slammer auf. 2013 wurde er Poetry-Slam Landesmeister in Nordrhein-Westfalen. https://www.deutschland.de/de/dossier… ->>>>><<<<<-
Palestinian girl defends Merkel against criticism — Local de| Read on PBSJ Blog’s Posts from yesterday
Angela Merkel’s televised response to a 14-year-old Palestinian refugee brought the girl to tears on Wednesday and unleashed an internet storm against the Chancellor. But now the girl has defended Merkel. Merkel attempts to comfort a crying Reem during their encounter. Photo: Norddeutsche Rundfunk/Screenshot “She listened to me and then gave her opinion. I’m fine…
Bürgerdialog "Gut leben in Deutschland – Was uns wichtig ist": Kanzlerin im Gespräch mit Schülerin
Bundesregierung Published on 16 Jul 2015 Liebe Community, im Netz diskutieren viele Nutzer über ein Gespräch der Kanzlerin mit einer libanesischen Schülerin. Wir möchten Ihnen ein Video der kompletten Unterhaltung zwischen den beiden anbieten, damit Sie sich selber ein Bild davon machen können. Die Kanzlerin sprach dabei unter anderem zwei Verbesserungen an, auf die wir…
‘Everything must be done to save lives,’ says Germany’s Merkel on refugees — Deutsche Welle de
When it comes to housing refugees, Germany’s 16 states say they are left in the lurch by the federal government. More refugees head to Germany than any other European country. But the doors are hardly wide open. At a summit between the heads of Germany’s federal states and central government leaders on Thursday, agreement…
Not all Muslims are the same — An opinion by Rod McGarvie at Online opinion com Australia
(…) There is a growing concern about what appears to be an incompatibility of certain sects and segments of Islam with Australian values, and the inability or unwillingness of some Muslims to effectively integrate into Australian society. More disturbing has been our nation’s general lack of willingness to discuss or scrutinise Islam and Islamism (militant…
Muslims in Germany have close ties to society and state — Bertelsmann Stiftung’s latest study
***** Read in Deutsch Studie: Muslime in Deutschland mit Staat und Gesellschaft eng verbunden — Bertelsmann Stiftung de Die hier lebenden Muslime orientieren sich in ihren Einstellungen und Lebensweisen stark an den Werten in der Bundesrepublik. Das allerdings nimmt die Mehrheitsbevölkerung kaum wahr. Sie steht dem Islam zunehmend ablehnend gegenüber. Für die hier lebenden Muslime…
Fußball als Lernort für die Migrationsgesellschaft — MiGAZIN de (in German)
Kulturelle Vielfalt Fußball als Lernort für die Migrationsgesellschaft Özil, Klose oder Khedira stellen Leitfiguren eines ‚neuen deutschen Selbstverständnisses´ dar, erklären Stefan Metzger und Daniel Huhn. Doch Multikulturalität im deutschen Fußball ist – entgegen der vorherrschenden Meinung – ein alter Hut. Kids auf dem Weg zur Fußballnationalmannschaft © susieq3c@ flickr.com (CC 2.0), bearb. MiG (…) Kulturelle…
Multicultural classrooms: An opportunity not a problem — Qantara / Deutsche Welle de article by Anke Martina Witt
Read article in Deutsch: Multi-Kulti im Klassenzimmer: Problem oder Chance? ***** It is increasingly the case that students from different nations, cultures and religions sit together in the same classroom. Experts at the University of Hildesheim in Germany are considering how teachers worldwide can better prepare themselves for this kind of diversity. Anke Martina Witt…
“Integration in Germany, Finally growing up” — In Qantara de article Aladin El-Mafaalani takes a closer look at what has changed
Click to read in German language: Integration in Deutschland, Das Einwanderungsland wird erwachsen ***** Attitudes and approaches to integration in Germany have changed a lot over the past 20 years. During this period, Germany has gone from a denial that it is a country of immigration to a concerted effort to improve integration. Aladin El-Mafaalani…
A Turkish-origin minister in the German Cabinet — Hurriyet Daily News
Aydan Özoğuz, SPD-Parteivize © MiG Aydan Özoğuz was named as the first German Cabinet minister of Turkish origin on Dec. 15, by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in their coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU/CSU alliance. She is going to be in charge of immigration, refugees and integration issues. Being one of nearly 4 million…
Aydan Özoğuz: Erste Staatsministerin mit türkischen Wurzeln — MiGAZIN de (in German on Aydan Ozoguz, state minister for immigration, refugees and integration in Angela Merkel’s new setup)
Aydan Özoğuz soll die neue Integrationsbeauftragte der Bundesregierung werden. Die SPD-Vizechefin wird damit künftig die Integrations- und Migrationspolitik mitgestalten. Doch wer ist diese Frau? Das MiGAZIN hat sie sich näher angeschaut. Aydan Özoğuz, SPD-Parteivize © MiG Als Verhandlungsführerin der Unterarbeitsgruppe Integration und Migration war sie in den Koalitionsverhandlungen dafür zuständig, der Union Zugeständnisse zu entlocken….
Muslims in Britain: Seeking to Combat Extremism — Deutsche Welle /Qantara de article by Joanna Impey
The brutal killing of Lee Rigby in London in May by two Muslim converts was widely condemned by Muslim religious leaders, but still led to a rise in threats made against Muslims and mosques. Many Muslims in Britain, however, work to try and counter extremism. Joanna Impey reports “snip” Calm restored Several months later, however,…
Bosporus: „Hier ist meine Heimat, Ich bin ein Deutsch-Istanbuler Weltbürger“ sagt Martin Köhle im Artikel – Deutsch geblieben – Kartoffelsalat und “Tagesschau”( in German)
VONKarl Grünberg – Migazin de Servus Bosporus! Deutsch geblieben – Kartoffelsalat und “Tagesschau” ***** Seit 168 Jahren lebt die Familie Köhle in Istanbul. Kultur: deutsch, Heimat: Istanbul. Wie es sich mit deutschem Brauchtum und katholischem Glauben mitten unter Türken lebt, macht Martin Köhle vor. Vielleicht als letzter seiner Familie. (…) „Türken sollen sich besser integrieren…“,…
