rate has risen by 5 percent since 2007, the
one million applications for political asylum
strongest rise within the OECD countries. Yet
will be filed with the Federal Office for Mi-
clear deficits are evident particularly in the
gration and Refugees (BAMF) by year-end
area of education. The high proportion of
2015. Germany is facing this challenge and
young people with foreign roots who can read
at the same time is committed to finding a
and write German only poorly is problematic.
Europe-wide solution to the issue of refugees
More than 30 percent of 20 to 29-year-old
based on solidarity.
adults from foreign countries never earn a
vocational qualification. Raising their level of
participation in the education system is a key
goal of the Federal Government.
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A further key task of migration and integration policy is protecting refugees. The German Basic Law gives those fleeing political
persecution a basic right to asylum. In this
way Germany reaffirms its historical and humanitarian responsibility. The number of
people seeking asylum has increased significantly of late. Whereas in 2004 around 50,000
people applied for asylum, in 2014 the figure
was more than 200,000. Owing to the contin-
OECD study on the integration
of immigrants In recent years
Germany has succeeded in integrating
immigrants ever better in the labour
market. Yet deficits are still evident
among children of parents born abroad.
These are the findings of a comparative
study by the Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development
(OECD) entitled “Indicators of Immigrant Integration 2015”.
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ual streams of refugees from war-torn and
crisis regions in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan,
the expectation is that between 800,000 and
1997
2005
2014
Alongside migrant workers,
since the mid-1980s ever more
asylum seekers have been
coming to Germany. From 1997
the Dublin Convention determines
responsibilities of the EU states
regarding asylum procedures.
The “Microcensus” offers the
very first opportunity to survey
the migratory background of the
population. According to the
census, in 2015 every fifth person in Germany has a migratory
background.
More than 200,000 people
apply for asylum in Germany in
2014. For the first time, almost
half a million more people move
to Germany than leave it in the
same period.