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| Germany: Study says Turks are worst integrated immigrants |
| 2009-01-25 |
| A new study shows that immigrants of Turkish origin in Germany lag behind other migrant groups when it comes to education and jobs, news magazine Der Spiegel reported. The study carried out by the Berlin-based Institute for Population and Development found that 30 percent of Turks and those of Turkish origin did not finish school and only 14 percent took the Abitur, or the final secondary school exam that is the required qualification for university. But more than 50 percent of those in other migrant groups manage to do the same, the report said. The study, which Der Spiegel reported it had seen before its Monday release, compared for the first time the successful integration of individual migrant groups including those who have been naturalized in Germany. It has compiled a ranking of federal states based on the level of integration of its immigrants. Immigrants of Turkish origin were also found to be the least successful in the labour market: they are often jobless, the percentage of housewives is high and many are dependent on welfare, the study said. The state of Saarland was found to have the worst record – 45 percent of its Turks had no educational qualification of any kind. What? Memorizing passages from the Koran isn't an educational qualification, yet? Reiner Klingholz, director of the institute, said language remained the key to education and successes. “For too long we’ve been used to the fact that we have primary school classes in which 80 percent of the children don’t understand German,” he said. But Germany’s Interior Minister Wolfgang Schäuble, a member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats (CDU), told Der Spiegel that the biggest integration problems would soon be solved. “Just simply wait for another Christian Democratic Party-led government for the next four years,” he said. |
| Posted by:mrp |
| #10 All those countries joined the EU and were part of its predecessor. Makes a difference, I suspect, although one can argue cause vs effect. |
| Posted by: lotp 2009-01-25 21:14 |
| #9 lotp that may be correct but that didn't hold the Italians, Greeks and Spaniards back |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2009-01-25 18:14 |
| #8 §7 - Yes and no : I know some quite successful Turkish people here - First generation, came here with no money and little education -- 40 years later, they are well off plus their children have university education etc . But this is in the countryside, in cities like Berlin they seem to be stuck in their Islamic parallel world, financed mainly by the German welfare state. Why should the Germans tolerate this ?! .. and there is still the question : WHY do most immigrants from other parts of the world so much better ?? |
| Posted by: Eupcon 2009-01-25 16:56 |
| #7 Understood - but keep in mind that the Germans did all they could to PREVENT assimilation for decades while still encouraging 'guest workers' to arrive there and contribute to low wages in industry. |
| Posted by: lotp 2009-01-25 15:59 |
| #6 If they don`t wont to integrate,why not sending them back to where they originally came from ? |
| Posted by: Eupcon 2009-01-25 15:29 |
| #5 You brought them in. You coddled them. You allowed the wound to fester. Now the infection is spreading. You're surprised ? |
| Posted by: Woozle Elmeter 2700 2009-01-25 14:30 |
| #4 Dat you Murat? If so, long time. How's the trucking business? |
| Posted by: .5MT 2009-01-25 12:32 |
| #3 Hell, I dont understand German, and I have German blood |
| Posted by: Pro Turk 2009-01-25 12:10 |
| #2 Turks are pretty much non secular, this "fad" of being a Muslim first in Turkey will go away when they realize it doesnt work in Europe or, for that matter, for Istanbul either |
| Posted by: Pro Turk 2009-01-25 12:09 |
| #1 Back home is this headlined, "Turks concerned that German assimilation to islam slower than expected"? |
| Posted by: Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2009-01-25 11:02 |