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Immigration

USA, Russia and Germany set immigration records

Every 35th person on Earth is an emigrant. After the USA and Russia, Germany ranks third in the world in the number of emigrants. The USA has 35 million, Russia 13.3 million, and Germany 7.3 million…

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Immigration

Flow of late resettlers to Germany decreasing

To solve the integration problem, Jochen Welt considers it necessary to introduce a German language test not only for ethnic Germans moving to Germany, but also for all family members of resettlers.

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Immigration

Change of signs

In a nonexistent agency, important people gathered to fulfill yet another requirement of a law that also does not exist.

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News

Expert commission to again address immigration problems in Germany

Last Monday, the first meeting of the German Expert Commission on Immigration and Integration of Foreigners took place in Nuremberg. One of the commission's main tasks will be to assess the country's…

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Work

How Germany catches illegal immigrants

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Immigration

German Law on Foreigners Still Going Nowhere

On May 9, the Bundestag passed the SPD's draft law on foreigners, and just three days later the Christian Democrats proposed their own version of the law. Thus, writes Russkaya Germania, the swan…

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Immigration

On the Procedure for the Departure of Contingent Refugees

While passions flare over the adoption of a new law on foreigners, we offer readers a brief overview of the current rules for submitting documents, the procedure for checking them, and the procedure…

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Personal experience

Memories of Unna-Massen

Among those coming to the temporary camp for German resettlers 'Unna-Massen', there is for some reason a belief that all offices must be visited in one day, which results in long queues and crowding…

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News

Germany Plans to Abolish Seasonal Sales

The German government intends to abolish the current system of seasonal sales in the country. The draft law, developed with the support of consumer organizations, provides for measures against unfair…

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News

Visa Fraudsters on Trial in Berlin

The Berlin Prosecutor's Office has brought charges in a case concerning the illegal smuggling of Ukrainian and Moldovan citizens into Germany, involving six Ukrainian and Russian citizens. The…

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Work

Au pair in Germany: family member or servant?

At discos, in courses, or in new circles, I often hear the question: "How come you're in Germany, on the 'au pair' thing?" At first I didn't understand what, in fact, was being said — what this 'au…

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Law zone

Playing on Fear

The number of foreigners living in Germany barely amounts to 10% of the country's total population. However, German prisons are overcrowded with foreign criminals: according to official statistics…

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