GERMANY

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GERMANY

• If you could not tell, the background is a German
  flag. Which makes sense.
• Cynthia Rodriguez
• Donald Pauley
• Ronald Noffz
• Lisa Fisher

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Guest Worker Policies

• Germany is not a country of immigration?
• Guest worker recruitment policies discontinued in
  1973
• Current policies
• Immigration Act
• Residence Act of 2004

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Immigration Act

• Stated purpose regulate labor migration.
• Core of the Immigration Act Residence Act of 30
  July 2004.
• Established the principle that the employment
  and self-employment of foreigners are to be
  oriented on Germanys economic needs, taking into
  account the labour market situation and the need
  to reduce unemployment.

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More about the Residence Act

• Governs the entry, residence, employment, and
  termination of the residence of foreigners within
  Germany. These rules do not apply to EU citizens
  or diplomats, who are entitled to freedom of
  movement.

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Particulars

• Ban on recruiting foreign unskilled and
  less-skilled workers.
• Skilled workers only granted permits in
  exceptional cases.

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The self-employed

• Have permission to reside if exceptional economic
  or regional needs exist and if the planned
  business is expected to have a positive impact
  and has secure financing.
• Possibly granted a settlement permit after 3
  years if their business is successful and their
  livelihood ensured.

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Exceptions

• Guest worker training programs from Central or
  Eastern Europe
• Qualified nursing staff
• People under 25 may work as an au pair students
  enrolled in foreign universities can work during
  holidays or participate in internship positions
• Positions with special training requirements
  scientists, engineers, managerial positions or
  executives, chefs, chaplains, artists, etc.

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Immigration Profile for Germany
Today there are around 7.3 million foreigners
living in the Federal Republic of Germany this
is equivalent to 8.9 of the total population.
Maria Bohmer Commisioner For Immigration
Stock data represent "snapshots" of a population
at a single point in time by counting (as in a
census) or estimating (as in a survey) the
distribution of that population according to some
characteristic, such as foreign born
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Bridges

• World War II
• Over the past decade more than 190,000 people
  from the former Soviet Union immigrated to
  Germany. Today, with more than 100,000 Jews,
  Germany is home to the third largest number of
  Jews and has the fastest growing Jewish
  population in Europe.-German Embassy,
  Washington, D.C.
• Reunification
• Large numbers of ethnic Germans lived in Eastern
  Europe and the territories of the former Soviet
  Union until World War II. Subsequent expulsions,
  discrimination, and deteriorating economic
  conditions led huge numbers to emigrate to
  Germany. www.migrationinformation.org
• Post 1970 Economic Expansion
• Recruitment for workers focused on Italy, Spain,
  Portugal, former Yugoslavia, Turkey, Tunisia and
  Morocco.
• Many of the guest-workers stayed in Germany and
  eventually brought family members to join them.
• The European Union
• It in worth noting that in 1999 intra-European
  migration involved than less than .2 percent of
  the total EU population, while only 1.2 of
  workers change residence, largely due to
  structural rigidities such as labor laws designed
  to reserve certain professions to nationals of
  Member States amongst other protections.

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Top countries sending Guest worker migrants to
Germany

• Turkey
• The former Yugoslavia
• Italy
• Greece
• Poland

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When did migrants come from their home country?
Registered Foreign Residents in Germany by
Nationality, Selected Years, 1961-92 (in
thousands)
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What is the Per Capita income for Germany and
migrating countries ?

• Germany - 29,800 2005 est

Turkey- 7,900 2005 est.
Yugoslavia (former)- 2,700 2005 est
Italy- 28,400 2005 est
Greece- 22,800 2005 est.
Poland- 12,700 2005 est.
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• Recorded remittances flows out of Germany reached
  4 billion last year.

• The major beneficiary country is Turkey with
  1.2 billion.

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Countries migrants go from our top five countries
migrating to Germany
Top 5 migrating to Germany
Most migrate to
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The New Immigration Act

• Started January 1 2005
• High worker skills are what Germany is looking
  for, there is still a little room for the under
  skilled workers.
• High qualified workers are getting permanent
  residency, rather than the five year residency.
• To get residency, immigrants must have a concrete
  job and have the permission from German
  Employment Agency

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The New Immigration Act

• Small business are allowed to open in Germany.
• As long as you invest 1 million Euros and
  employee 10 German people.
• Family that move with workers can eventually work
  in Germany also.

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The New Immigration Act

• Second attempt to establish a immigration act.
• First act was thrown out by the Federal
  Constitutional Court because it was invalid.

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GERMAN MINISTER DEFENDS NEW IMMIGRATION LAW

• -published by German newspaper Die Welt website
  on 4 March
• Berlin German Interior Minister Wolfgang
  Schaeuble (CDU Christian Democratic Union) has
  rejected criticism by SPD Social Democratic
  Party of Germany domestic policy expert Dieter
  Wiefelspuetz that the new law on immigration is
  not good with regard to several decisive points.
  Wiefelspuetz had found fault with the fact that
  in 2005, only 900 highly qualified workers had
  emmigrated to Germany. "Highly qualified people,
  as soon as they immigrate, can immediately
  receive a long-term right of residence with the
  option of naturalization later," Schaeuble told
  Die Welt. Spouses and children could enter and
  afterwards could also engage in gainful
  employment, he said. "This takes place
  unbureaucratically because the employment does
  not have to be brought in on the issuing of a
  visa, and the special work permit was done away
  with." The effectiveness of these new regulations
  is being continuously examined. Bavarian Interior
  Minister Guenther Beckstein (CSU Christian
  Social Union) accused Wiefelspuetz of having
  only the law on residency in his sights, with
  uncertain data, and of overlooking the fact that
  in parallel, extensive portions of the earlier
  Green Card regulations would still be in force.
  "With his assignment of guilt, Mr Wiefelspuetz
  obviously wants to draw people's attention away
  from the poor economic development in the
  Red-Green former SPD-Green Party coalition
  government era," said Beckstein.

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Does Migration Help Germany?

• YES!
• Birth Rate is down.
• Needs 200,000 people every year to even out.
• Immigrants are helping Germany by paying welfare
  and social insurance programs by paying twice as
  much in taxes.

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Labor Shortage?

• New immigration act started in January 1st 2005.
• High skilled workers will have an easier time
  than lower skilled workers
• Natural Scientist, Professors, Highly
  Technological.

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Problems? Controversies?

• Do not view their country as the land of
  immigration like the USA and Canada.
• No controversies
• But two-thirds dont want immigrants in there
  country
• Half of two-thirds want to kick them out.

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The Germans VS. Americans

• Our beliefs are that the US should adopt a
  similar guest worker program.
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