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Less Openness, More Integration: German Ideas for Handling the Migration Crisis
Less Openness, More Integration: German Ideas for Handling the Migration Crisis

Author(s): Sebastian Płóciennik
Subject(s): Governance, International relations/trade, Migration Studies, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: Germany; migration crisis; immigration policy; asylum seekers; conditions for granting a permanent residence permit; integration of foreigners into society;
Summary/Abstract: In its policy towards migrants, Germany plans to tighten conditions for granting a permanent residence permit, while simultaneously intensifying efforts to integrate foreigners into German society and the labour market. This means that—quotas notwithstanding—Germany will place increasing emphasis on controlling the EU’s external borders.

  • Page Count: 2
  • Publication Year: 2015
  • Language: English