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Spotlight: Migration – a progressive formula

Hauptvisual Internationale Konferenz Migration progressiv ausbuchstabieren
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Progressive migration and integration policy in a period of global crises

Policymakers have achieved a lot in recent years in their efforts to lay the basis for a modern immigration policy: a modernised citizenship law, new regulations for skilled worker migration and comprehensive migration partnership agreements.

In response to demographic change it is imperative that Germany establishes itself as an attractive destination country in the international competition for skilled workers and takes full advantage of migration’s potential to bolster its living standards. It needs a comprehensive approach, including international partnerships, visa regulations and solutions to labour and social issues, as well as the establishment of a viable immigration society in Germany.

Within the framework of our focus series »Migration – a progressive formula« we shall be highlighting sustainable strategies and showcasing promising approaches, but also surveying the landscape to determine what is missing, in order to make migration policy fit for purpose. We shall shine a light on a variety of perspectives, from local to international, and link them together.

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  • Displacement, Migration, Integration
  • Integration Policy

How Germany’s "debt brake" is hindering integration at local level

Decent integration projects are struggling due to a lack of funds. The government wants to cut back on language courses – and it is migrants who are paying the price. Why a reform of the debt brake could open up new avenues for...

A woman speaks at the Future Forum Municipality at the conference "Migration - a progressive formula".
bundesfoto| Ole Heinrich
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  • Displacement, Migration, Integration
  • Refugee Policy

Libya’s Coast Guard: Europe’s Deadly Gatekeepers in the Mediterranean

Torture camps, hunger and the legitimation of authoritarian regimes. The EU has poured millions into Libya but what has this money actually achieved?

An abandoned refugee boat is adrift at sea. It was previously cleared by the Libyan coast guard.
picture alliance / Daniel Kubirski | Daniel Kubirski
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  • Displacement, Migration, Integration
  • Refugee Policy

Sustainable Integration is Pivotal

Greece plays a central role in the EU Migration Pact, but there is a lack of measures for sustainable integration. What steps are necessary? An interview with Angeliki Dimitriad, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy ...

A Greek flag and an EU flag fly at the Acropolis in Athens
picture alliance / SZ Photo | Rainer Unkel
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  • Displacement, Migration, Integration
  • Integration Policy
  • Migration policy

Decisive action, smart integration

Chief Administrative Officer of the Federal district of Minden-Lübbecke, Ali Doğan, criticises the ideological narrowing of the migration debate and calls for a stronger focus on opportunities and infrastructure, especially at a local...

The light installation entitled ‘Diversity is our strength’ by artist Christoph Stark shines from the roof of a high-rise building. The words Diversity is our home can be read.
picture alliance/dpa | Roland Weihrauch
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  • Displacement, Migration, Integration
  • Integration Policy
  • Migration policy

A progressive approach to explaining migration: A transnational perspective

Iryna Pinchuk fled the war in Ukraine in 2022. She reflects on personal boundaries, identity and the path to her new reality.

Iryna Pinchuk in a black evening dress in her home country of Ukraine next to border elements.
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  • Displacement, Migration, Integration
  • Migration policy

Playing with our fears – and how we have to push back

How we can achieve a progressive narrative based on humanity, when terms such as “security” and “fear” have become omnipresent in the migration discourse.

A tube station was temporarily renamed ‘Diversity’. German "Vielfalt"
picture alliance / Jochen Tack | Jochen Tack
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  • Displacement, Migration, Integration
  • Integration Policy
  • Migration policy

Participation is indispensable

Why integration will be a vital issue for social democracy in the future and what needs to be done for it to succeed – comments from Rasha Nasr, the SPD parliamentary group’s rapporteur on migration and integration

Boys who are members of a sports team gather at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin to have their photograph taken. Some of them have an immigrant background, others do not.
picture alliance / Wolfram Steinberg | Wolfram Steinberg
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  • Displacement, Migration, Integration
  • Integration Policy
  • Migration policy

The Feedback Trap

How Media Reporting on Migration Influences Political Debate. Article by Fabio Ghelli from the MDI migration media service

Many media persons are seen gathered at a press conference in a wooded area near Kuznica, Poland on 12 November, 2021.
picture alliance / NurPhoto | STR
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  • Displacement, Migration, Integration

A plea for a future-oriented migration policy

There are currently good conditions for a return to a more objective debate and migration policy, says Marcus Engler from DeZIM.

Plenarsaal des Deutschen Bundestags in einer Sitzung
picture alliance / Jörg Carstensen | Joerg Carstensen
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  • Displacement, Migration, Integration
  • Migration policy

Untapped potentials: Diaspora involvement for good labour migration policies

A people-centred labour migration policy requires the involvement of the diaspora, says Dr Rachid L'Aoufir of the African-German Association.

Ein Mann steht mit dem Rücken zur Kamera und schaut sich ein Gemälde mit vier verschiedenfarbigen Kreisen an.
picture-alliance/ dpa/dpaweb | Pierre_Holtz
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  • Displacement, Migration, Integration
  • Migration policy

More targeted and coordinated

The Migration and Mobility Partnership Agreement with India is often mentioned as best practice. Still, its potential is far from being realized, says Seeta Sharma.

Footpath on the campus of Thapar University, Patiala, India, with students in front of a very modern building designed by McCullough Mulvin Architects, against a blue sky.
picture alliance / VIEW Pictures | Christian Richters
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  • Displacement, Migration, Integration
  • Integration Policy
  • Migration policy

We face great competition in acquiring skilled workers

The SPD parliamentary group discussed migration partnerships at its conference. We spoke to Sebastian Hartmann, the SPD parliamentary group's spokesman on home affairs.

A worker leans down to a colleague in the midst of steel girders for the new building of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt am Main.
picture alliance / dpa | Frank Rumpenhorst
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  • Displacement, Migration, Integration
  • Migration policy

Looking beyond the end of our noses

Svenja Schulze, German Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, talks about how German development policy contributes to just and rights-based migration partnerships

Federal Minister Svenja Schulze in conversation at the opening of a centre for migration and development in Morocco.
Thomas Köhler/photothek.net
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