By Peter Schmidt

This publication examines modern attitudes in the direction of ethnic minorities in Germany. those minorities comprise a few of immigrant starting place, equivalent to Italians, Turks, and asylum seekers, and the primary non-immigrant minority, Jews. whereas the findings reveal that severe prejudice opposed to minorities isn't common between Germans, lots of whom in reality will be thought of immigrant- and minority-friendly, a crystallization of attitudes can be obtrusive: that's, attitudes in the direction of immigrants are strongly correlated with anti-Semitism and with different worldview dimensions, corresponding to positioning within the left-right political spectrum. during this experience, the basic query of even if immigrants and different minorities may be considered as fellow electorate or ethnic outsiders is still correct within the German context.

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The reason is undoubtedly the influx of refugees from the ethnic civil wars. Nevertheless, in total, the educational structure of wage and salary earners from recruitment countries has shown a positive tendency, with a growing number in possession of middle- and higher-level qualifications. 50 ● Stefan Bender and Wolfgang Seifert The situation of male workers from North America and from Western Europe (other than recruitment countries) is quite different: They have on average a very high level of qualification.

6 percent of all German citizens). 2). 3 percent of the population. Naturally, not all of these people would consider themselves to be immigrants. A large portion of ethnic German expellees in particular might reject this categorization, even though the fate of forced migration has shaped their lives and identities in many ways. And only some 40 percent of them were de facto born in a third country whereas the majority until 1944–45 lived on German territory (later annexed to Poland and the USSR).

They acquired citizenship either by administrative discretion or legal claim. 3 million were still alive in 2000). 9 (e) Today the smallest group is ius soli-Germans. Between 2000 and 2002 some 120,000 children of legal foreign residents born in Germany acquired German citizenship because (at the time of their birth) at least one of their parents had been residing in Germany for eight or more years. Until age 18–23 most of these ius soli-Germans will be dual citizens. Then they will have to opt for one of the two nationalities.

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