Refugees in Germany. How many refugees are in Germany?

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:45

Experts from the GfdS (German Language Society) chose the word most frequently used during 2015 from two and a half thousand different concepts. And the word is "refugees". In Germany, this topic was prevalent. By the way, for the experts it turned out to be interesting in this case not only the topic. They carefully parsed the word itself into components and came to a disappointing conclusion.

What is the meaning of the word der Flüchtling

From the point of view of the researchers of the German language, the word "refugees" initially cannot carry a positive meaning. The first part, the root of the word Flücht, is translated in different ways, depending on the use, but the suffix itself is interesting in its semantic coloring. Sometimes it makes the word sound disdainful, for example: occupier - der Eindringling, scribbler, journalist - der Schreiberling, and sometimes this component means something passive: examinee - der Prüfling or ward, ward - Schützling.

Words with this suffix and these groups are predominant in German. That is, the phenomenon itself - refugees in Germany - initially cannot be positive. However, in some lands, for example, in Saxony, Flüchtige sounds more often, which means a fugitive. There is no pejorative suffix, but the coloring of this word does not express any particular joy in pronouncing. Nevertheless, the whole of 2015 passed under the sign of this concept, and this word was most often used by all German (and not only!) media.

German Interior Ministry

If you carefully consider the statistics provided by the Ministry of the Interior, in 2014 there were 758 thousand people registered as refugees in Germany. The largest number of them arrived in October - 181 thousand people. In the first months of 2015, 340,000 migrants arrived in the EU, and the lion's share of them settled in Germany. Here we are talking purely about official statistics. During the entire time since the beginning of the wars in North Africa and the Middle East, a huge number of people settled as refugees in Germany without any registration, illegally. Experts estimate their number is much higher than 200 thousand. And they cannot predict the future invasion.

Refugees in Germany can radically change the country, everyone who cares about this process already agrees in this opinion, and all of Europe is already worried. This is a colossal challenge, and now, wherever the Germans meet - on the train, on the street, in the subway or airport, in a cafe or on vacation - for a year only these events are discussed, noanother political theme of the citizens of Germany is no longer interested. How many refugees are in Germany today? The German chancellor herself will not be able to answer this question.

Angela Merkel

Angela Merkel never tires of repeating: "We can!", but will she be able to fulfill all the promises made by refugees from Syria and other countries? This question is still unanswered. In the ranking of influential politicians, she is second only to Vladimir Putin and significantly ahead of Barack Obama, but no one is yet able to stop wars and close all Middle East and North African conflicts. So will refugees from Syria stop flooding Europe as fighting escalates there? The answer is obviously no.

Angela Merkel is trying to push through her decisions in all the countries of the European Union, but she is pretty bad at it. The EU countries in the center and in the east flatly refuse to share the problems taken on by the peoples of Germany, Italy, Greece and Sweden, or even to take part in them by helping refugees. Therefore, Angela Merkel has too much to do to cope with a very burdensome Muslim flow, straighten public opinion regarding her policies and not bring down the country's economy.

The path

Germany accepts refugees who bypass the Balkan countries, crossing the border between Turkey and Greece, often without any right to cross the borders. That is, the Geneva Convention calls for the protection and provision of everything necessary only for thosewho can claim refugee status.

If there is no war and violence in the country, a person should return to his homeland. It is up to the inhabitants of the Balkan states to sort people according to this principle, and it must be admitted that they do not cope with this at all. Yes, and they themselves willingly settle in the same Sweden, Austria and Germany. Therefore, the Schengen agreement has been suspended, and border control has been introduced in Germany. The situation at the borders is very, very complicated.

Helping refugees

Germany met the crisis with a strong economy. Record revenues came in 2015 - 671.7 billion euros, so it is easy to explain the former optimism of Wolfgang Schäuble, the German finance minister. The situation with refugees required huge expenses, but in 2016 the ministry is able to balance the state. budget. Germany has the lowest number of officially unemployed - 2.6 million people, the job market has half a million open.

That is why experts are sure that Germany can give refugee status to everyone, because only at first it will be a problem, then the country will even gain economic benefits - with the integration of fugitives into German society and successful employment. This is a huge burden on the administration throughout its structure, and on the population, which will have to show miracles of tolerance and more than active participation in the fate of the incoming contingent.

Resettlement

Efficiency in processing applications for asylum by refugees is not the main problem. For a very shorttime throughout the country must be found or set up from scratch, prepared for winter living conditions, resettlement points. First of all, for those who received refugee status. Germany is coping with this hard, in some places it can’t even cope. In Hamburg, for example, empty industrial premises are being confiscated, which is contrary to many laws, resulting in a rather unpleasant public discussion.

Why the rights of native Germans are limited in resolving the immigration crisis - this issue was not the most acute during the discussion. Urban communities and cities are temporarily settling refugees in sports halls - more than a thousand of them have been converted by the German Sports Association for this purpose. For example, one third of the total number of sports facilities is occupied in Bremen. Teams and sports clubs have lost the opportunity to train, there are already many cases of good players leaving sports associations.

Social housing

Middle Eastern and African refugees who have settled in Germany for a long time should receive apartments, but the market for cheap real estate suitable for huge oriental families, especially in big cities, is experiencing many difficulties. Social housing, which is provided by the state, has significantly decreased even earlier, in the decade from 2002 to 2013, by almost one and a half million apartments, and the need for it was very high even without the influx of refugees.

Among the low-income segments of the population, competition inevitably arises and discontent grows about this. The situation is the same in employment: the minimum wage is 8,5 euros per hour of work can be reduced if the employment of refugees is ensured, and the Federal Association of the German Employers' Association is completely and completely against this state of affairs. The willingness to help refugees from the German population is under threat.

Schools

In order to start working, migrants need to learn German. There are courses for this. Particular attention from the authorities according to the UN Convention is given to the rights of the child. Refugee children not only have the right to attend schools, but, as prescribed by the laws of some federal states, they are obliged to do so, even if the status of residence in the country is not finally determined. Integration work is the pain of almost every German school.

In small towns, for 300-500 schoolchildren, there are 70-100 children who are just about to start learning German. And these are not only Syrians, there are many children from the states of the Balkan Peninsula, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Poland, whose parents managed to find work in Germany. Special classes are overcrowded, so many of these children have to attend regular classes, where they naturally do not understand anything, thereby distracting the rest of the class from the programs. Special difficulties await, of course, teachers, whose dedication is already on the verge of possibilities.

Bounty

Whether migrants who have received refugee status will look for work is a matter of questions. Considering the amount of material assistance they receive, we can conclude that it is unlikely. So, Germany - allowancerefugees 400-450 euros per person per month. Denmark - 1400 euros, Sweden - about 800 euros per person per month. Considering that migrants settle down in the European Union quickly, sending their parents, wives, children and camels out of their native country, it makes no sense for them to work anymore, there is enough money.

Europe is faced with the question of whether to play multiculturalism and tolerance if the most negative consequences are inevitable? Indeed, under the guise of refugees, members of the most radical and universally banned organizations penetrate into Germany and other EU countries, therefore, terrorism is gaining a more and more reliable roof over their heads.

Consequences

There is no question of protests among the general population of Germany, these are nothing compared to the problems that will soon have to be solved: ethnic crime ("hugs" in Cologne have already taken place), the prevalence of a parallel world in the life of the country, since the inhabitants Muslim countries are too different from the Germans in mentality and, unlike them, are not at all tolerant in their customs and way of life.

They will live closed, as always and everywhere. Moreover, the indigenous population is unlikely to truly imbue with alien values. All this is calculated much easier than, for example, counting whether extra refugees entered the camp. Germany has not yet controlled the influx of illegal migrants.

Insecurity

Fears and even fears of the Germans are justified. Anxiety themincreases with the number of immigrants. On this occasion, there is an activation of right-wing organizations. State debt is increasing, competition in the real estate market is growing. But the main thing is that the influence of Islam in Germany is becoming unbearable. All these problems that refugees have created, in Germany, the responses are simply incalculable: Internet forums are buzzing, the press is under pressure from the authorities, who are forced to defend the policy of the state.

But the Germans themselves, for the first time in recent decades, felt completely unprotected: medical insurance is becoming more expensive, but you still have to pay extra for treatment, employment contracts are limited in time (in fact, they guarantee only the minimum wage), which previously happened only in creative occupations, pensions are no longer stable. Added to all this is the daily danger of humiliating violence from "incoming" migrants.