As Deutsche Welle reports, the federal government's commissioner for German late resettlers, Jochen Welt, recently spoke in favor of the speedy adoption of a new immigration law in Germany. Only on the basis of this law is successful integration of resettlers possible.
At a press conference in Berlin, Jochen Welt presented new data on the flow of late resettlers. This flow is gradually drying up as a whole. In May, just over six thousand newly arrived were registered in Germany, and less than 30 thousand since the beginning of the year. Significantly fewer than before are also new applications requesting resettlement in Germany. Jochen Welt explains this circumstance by two reasons. First, many are already here, in Germany. Accordingly, fewer and fewer of those who still retain the right to resettlement by law remain. But on the other hand, this shows that people are also gaining a life perspective in their homeland. Many have finally seen the light at the end of the tunnel.
Despite the reduction in the flow of resettlers, the problems of their adaptation to living conditions in Germany are not becoming less acute. The main cause of difficulties is poor or completely absent knowledge of the German language. Only every fifth person arriving is an ethnic German who, to be recognized as a late resettler, passes an exam on knowledge of the language of his historical homeland. All the rest are family members: children and grandchildren, as well as sons-in-law and daughters-in-law, who often have no relation either to German culture or to the German language. As a result, Welt emphasized, "despite the reduction in the number of people arriving to us, the integration of newcomers is becoming not easier, but more difficult."
Finding themselves in a completely new, alien environment, they experience considerable difficulties. They have minimal chances on the German labor market. Most often, immediately upon arrival in Germany, they firmly land on social welfare, which makes municipal budgets groan. To solve the integration problem, Jochen Welt considers it necessary to introduce a German language test and for all family members of resettlers. For this, however, there is still no legislative basis. A new immigration law, which provides for a language exam for everyone moving to Germany for permanent residence, could be a way out.