A rule setting a minimum age for the immigration of foreign spouses has led to more Danes with immigrant backgrounds completing their education More young people with immigrant backgrounds are completing an education, thanks in part to an immigration regulation aimed at preventing forced marriages. The trend is especially apparent amongst young men. Figures from…
Bonn, Germany (dpa) – Imams trained abroad but working in Germany should attend the integration courses set up for foreigners, the integration commissioners of the 16 German states said. In the longer term “training imams in Germany is essential,” the commissioners said after meeting in Bonn, noting that Islam was now a “fixed part of…
By Anna Reimann in Berlin As German Chancellor Angela Merkel admitted on Thursday, this year’s integration summit, overshadowed by ultimatums and boycotts, didn’t go quite the way she had expected. Despite its disappointing outcome, Merkel presented a mammoth concept for improving the integration of foreigners, a plan she hopes will finally bring progress to the…
A new poll by the Reformational Newspaper and the Christian College (CHE) finds youth harbor significant biases against Muslims and immigrants. Approximately 55% of the Reformist students polled indicated negative feelings toward foreigners and Muslims. This is approximately 20 points higher than the national polling on the same issue. Other statistical findings also indicate that…
Waitress Venessa and her partner Hussein, a florist, recently learned that their application for marriage has been rejected by French authorities Since July 24, 2006, foreigners who marry to a French national were no longer guaranteed a residential permit. For Venessa and Hussein, they have had the misfortune that the agent reviewing their case was…
