German Experience: How Immigrants Can Adapt in a New Country

14:02, May 24, 2018

The experts discussed who can be considered as an integrated member of society

How the most attractive country in Europe copes with the problems of integration of representatives of other cultures, and what experience can Germany share with Russia that became the center of attraction for the migrants from Central Asia and Transcaucasia? The participants tried to answer these questions during the round table at Ural Federal University.

‘In order to understand the reasons for the influx of refugees and answer the question who can be considered as an integrated member of society', we need to return few years back, then we will understand that immigration is a part of German history,’ noted the key speaker, Head of the Institute for Migration and Security Studies in Berlin Mechthild Baumann.

During the discussion of migration politics of the Middle Urals, the Ombudsman in Sverdlovsk Region Tatyana Merzlyakova underlined, that among the key issues remain medical assistance in the absence of health insurance, deportation and deportation issues, identification and legalization, as well as working with late migrants and financing of Muslim communities.

The representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Yekaterinburg Alexander Kharlov thanked the Rector of UrFU Victor Koksharov and the First Vice-Rector Dmitry Bugrov for organization of this event and the also drew attention of the participants of the round table to these aspects.

‘For both Germany and Russia, the integration of migrants from Islamic countries became a big challenge,’ said the Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Ekaterinburg Stefan Keil. ‘It is important that Ural Federal University has become a permanent platform for such a discussion and sharing of experience in the area where Germany is making some progress.’

Reference

The Institute for Migration and Security Studies in Berlin (Institut für Migrations- und Sicherheitsstudien e.V. in Berlin) analyzes, examines, and consults. It also offers educational programs on security and migration issues.

Mechthild Baumann is a freelance lecturer at the private university in Berlin (Hertie School of Governance), Potsdam University Public Graduate School, Grande École in Strasbourg (Ecole Nationale dÀdministration), member of the Team Europe organization of the European Commission and the European Parliament, and co-founder of the Europäerinnen in Berlin.