All posts – Integration Policy

A train to Hagen main station at Siegen main station.

“High levels of migrant mobility make it more difficult for local authorities to support effective integration”

10.06.2025 Displacement, Migration, Integration, Integration Policy, Migration policy

The Ruhr region is an important destination for immigration from Eastern Europe. The city of Hagen has produced numerous success stories with its integrative approach. An interview with Martina Soddemann, First Deputy Mayor of the City of Hagen.
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Roll-up with New Zealand Labour Party slogan with the words "In it for you" in English and Maori.

New Zealand Labour building a base with new Kiwis

27.02.2025 Displacement, Migration, Integration, Integration Policy

MP Phil Twyford believes the future of social democracy in New Zealand rests on how well the party reaches out to former migrant and refugee communities.
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A glazier stands in the firing hall of the Meissen porcelain manufactory and glazes porcelain bowls.

Diversity is not a trend, but a significant driver of business success

13.02.2025 Displacement, Migration, Integration, Integration Policy

"Diversity is a driver of real innovative power", says Sylvia Pfefferkorn from “Wirtschaft für ein Weltoffenes Sachsen e.V.”. What are the required framework conditions that ensure good integration into the labour market?
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Pictures of Jewish families in the exhibition at the ‘Topography of Terror’ museum in Berlin

The Past as a Process: Why History Education Must Look Beyond 1933–1945

06.02.2025 Interview, Displacement, Migration, Integration, Integration Policy, Aus Geschichte lernen

“In light of the rise in national populism and right-wing extremism, it is crucial that the migration history of both Germany and Europe as a whole be integrated into the culture of remembrance,” contends educational scientist Professor Astrid...
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esidents survey the destruction along a rubble-strewn road in Maarrat Misrin, northern Idlib governorate, on December 2, 2024 after an airstrike .

Time, safety and stability key to refugee return to Syria

16.01.2025 Displacement, Migration, Integration, Integration Policy, Migration policy

Why the call for Syrian refugees to be returned as soon as possible undermines the prospects of successful (re)integration and what should be done instead.
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