Germany
Key Statistics
Data are 2024 UN data and may differ from national statistics agencies.
16750000
Immigrant Population
19.8 %
Immigrant Share of Total Population
4297000
Emigrant Population
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The Future of Migration and Integration Policy in Germany
A new German paradigm accepts permanent immigration, expands citizenship, and links integration policy to demographic and labor needs.
Education, Diversity, and the Second Generation: A Discussion Guide
A research-based guide helps communities examine how second-generation youth are doing in school and work, as well as where supports fall short.
Integration Means Belonging
While Switzerland's anti-immigration party won its best result ever in 2007, Germany, Canada, and South Korea expanded integration programs, revealing global divisions.
Germany Strives to Integrate Immigrants with New Policies
In 2007, Germany strengthened immigrant integration policy but still faced gaps in political and religious inclusion.
Germany to Regularize "Tolerated" Asylum Seekers
In March 2007, Germany offered temporary residency to roughly 50,000 asylum seekers, with permanent status tied to employment and integration on tap by 2009.
Challenges of Immigrant Integration: Muslims in Europe
The July 7 London bombings and weeks of rioting in France after two North African teens died in a Paris suburb made Muslim integration an urgent issue in Europe in 2005.
Schengen and the Free Movement of People Across Europe
Signed in 1985, the Schengen Agreement eliminated internal EU borders, enabled common visa policy, and drove security cooperation.
New Research Challenges Notion of German "Brain Drain"
Most highly skilled Germans moving to the U.S. between 1990 and 2003 were temporary migrants, not permanent immigrants, challenging brain drain fears.
Characteristics of the European Born in the United States in 2000
In 2000, 4.9 million European-born residents made up 15.8 percent of the U.S. immigrant population, with Eastern Europeans driving recent growth.
New German Law Skirts Comprehensive Immigration Reform
A June 2004 German immigration law improved integration and asylum provisions but stopped short of a points-based system for recruiting skilled workers.