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Migration and spatial development
Migration und Raumentwicklung
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Abstract The high influx of refugees confronts Germany with a variety of tasks and problems. In addition to short-term challenges such as geographically allocating and accommodating refugees, longer-term tasks involving housing, regional and integration policy also need to be addressed. Notwithstanding heavy... view more
The high influx of refugees confronts Germany with a variety of tasks and problems. In addition to short-term challenges such as geographically allocating and accommodating refugees, longer-term tasks involving housing, regional and integration policy also need to be addressed. Notwithstanding heavy financial burdens, claims that capacity limits will be exceeded, and growing problems with acceptance, refugees are people with a right to protection and to an individual review of their wish to stay. Many of the refugees already in Germany will not be able to return to their home countries in the foreseeable future due to the precarious situation there, so integration strategies with at least a medium-term focus need to be developed. The extent to which it is currently appropriate for migration policy to also support long-term settlement strategies is a matter for separate discussion.... view less
Keywords
Federal Republic of Germany; immigration; refugee; regional planning; regional policy; integration policy; housing policy
Classification
Area Development Planning, Regional Research
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
Publisher
Verlag der ARL
City
Hannover
Page/Pages
12 p.
Series
Positionspapier aus der ARL, 124
ISSN
1611-9983
Status
Published Version; reviewed