Review article
Changing Patterns of Migration: The Case of Germany, 1945-1995. Ethnic Origins, Demographic Structure, Future Prospects
Rainer Münz
; Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
Ralf Ulrich
; Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
Abstract
Germany is today, along with the US and Russia, one of the three most important immigration countries worldwide. The authors examine how the immigrant population of Germany has risen despite the fact that the German government has sought to restrict it. They analyse six major streams of migration: refugees and expellees who came immediately after World War II, German resettlers from Eastern Europe ("Aussiedler"), emigration of (West) Germans, migration between East- and West Germany, foreign labour migrants and asylum seekers. The dynamics of immigration for each of these channels was remarkably different. As far as absorption and integration are concerned the authors argue that different groups of immigrants should be treated more equally.
Keywords
immigration; Germany; Aussiedler; guestworker; asylum
Hrčak ID:
126819
URI
Publication date:
28.6.1996.
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