Integration
Trend towards more naturalizations – complaints about racism
Updated on December 11, 2024Reading time: 3 min.
The federal government has shortened the waiting times for naturalization. Those who were tolerated received new perspectives. But the public debate unsettles many immigrants – currently the Syrians.
From the perspective of the Federal Government’s Integration Commissioner, Reem Alabali-Radovan (SPD), racism and heated public debates about migration are hindering the arrival of immigrants in germany and the recruitment of foreign workers. Discussing returns to Syria one day after the overthrow of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is “absolutely inappropriate,” said the state Minister when presenting an integration report that the cabinet has approved. “This hurts a lot of Syrian citizens.” According to the report, one in five immigrants and one in four of their descendants report personal experiences of racism.
-chair of the Turkish Community in Germany (TGD), aslihan Yesilkaya-Yurtbay, criticizes: “Instead of a welcoming culture, which we absolutely need given the shortage of skilled workers, the opposite is being established here.” In Germany there is “a kind of anti-welcome culture that takes us wholly out of the game in the competition for skilled workers from all over the world.”
According to Alabali-Radovan, there are 222,610 employed Syrians living in Germany. According to the information, there are also around 65,000 syrian mini-jobbers. Many Syrians worked in systemically relevant professions, including 5,000 doctors. The integration officer admits: “We still have a challenge when it comes to integrating women into the labor market, and this also applies to women from Syria.” One reason for this is difficulties with child care.There are also not enough integration courses with child care.ukrainian women are also severely affected by both problems – “and we have to address it.”
The number of people with temporary residence permits reached a record high in 2023.while in mid-2016 there were still around two million foreigners who were staying in Germany with a temporary residence permit, last year this applied to four million people, according to a current situation report by the integration commissioner. The sharp increase also has to do with the influx of refugees as a result of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.
According to the integration report, just over half of the people with temporary residence permits (55 percent) had them last year for international law, humanitarian or political reasons, and 23.9 percent for family reasons. Around one in ten (10.4 percent) had a temporary residence permit to take up employment. Such a residence permit was granted in 6.3 percent of cases due to training.
Last year, 2.9 million people had an unlimited permit to stay in Germany. The number of people who became german through naturalization was higher than ever before, with around 194,000 naturalizations in 2023.
The number of tolerated people fell from around 248,000 to around 194,000 from 2022 to 2023. The so-called right of residence has existed since December 31, 2022. It affects people who have been tolerated, permitted to stay in Germany or with a residence permit for at least five years as of October 31, 2022. You and your relatives can receive a type of probationary residence permit for 18 months.