Germany

The Immigrant Workforce in Germany: Formal and Informal Barriers to Addressing Skills Deficits

Informal barriers prevent Germany's immigrants from accessing job training at the same rates as native workers, despite identical formal rights.

Identity and (Muslim) Integration in Germany

Germany's anti-Muslim sentiment—among the strongest in Western Europe—persists despite growing Muslim integration, exposing a gap that top-down policy alone cannot close.

European Immigrants in the United States

Europeans made up just 12 percent of all U.S. immigrants in 2010, down from 75 percent in 1960.

Migration and the Great Recession: The Transatlantic Experience

Immigrant Integration in Europe in a Time of Austerity

Across Europe, immigrant integration policies and budgets diverged after the financial crisis, shaped by national politics and broad austerity pressures.

Migration and Immigrants Two Years after the Financial Collapse: Where Do We Stand?

Two years after the 2008 global financial collapse, immigrants faced steeper job losses and squeezed integration budgets. But countries saw little large-scale return.

Migration, Public Opinion and Politics

German Public Opinion on Immigration and Integration

With immigrants comprising nearly one-fifth of the population, Germany's 2005 Immigration Act marked a shift from flow control to active integration policy.

Wedding Bells Are Ringing: Increasing Rates of Intermarriage in Germany

In Germany, Turkish immigrants the low intermarriage rates, though second-generation men are closing the gap.

The Evolution of German Media Coverage of Migration

German media moved from problem-focused images of immigrants toward a more integration-oriented debate as policy and politics evolved after 2000.