BAMF - Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge - Working papers

The new working paper focuses on the extent to which the visa policy is a migration channel. It examines the connections between the visa policy (or practice of issuing visas) and the actual migration of third country nationals to Germany. The study shows the possibilities and limitations of the visa process in managing migration.

Between 100.000 and 400.000 irregular migrants were living in Germany during 2010. This is the result of an estimate of the Federal Office in Working Paper 41. The study examines, in addition to the statistical findings, policies and practical measures of the German state to meet the phenomenon of irregular migration.

The situation of migrants working in the low-wage sector is presented in the Working Paper 39.

The analysis includes both foreign nationals and people with an immigrant background, e.g. repatriates resp. late repatriates ("Aussiedler" resp. “Spätaussiedler") and children of immigrants.

Working Paper 38 deals with the tertiary sector with particular focus on well qualified foreign employees that are subject to social insurance contribution.

For this study, primarily data from the Federal Employment Agency concerning German and foreign employees subject to social insurance contribution, in the business sectors of the tertiary sector between 1999 and 2008, has been analysed.

In Working Paper 37, the results of a qualitative survey of female integration course participants of Russian and Turkish origin are presented. It deals, in particular, with the influence that the participation in the integration course has on further integration of the female participants as well as on their self-perception and the understanding of their social role.

Extract from the series "Integration report", part 9

Working Paper 36 examines the position of migrants and their descendants on the German labour market making use of data from the Federal Employment Agency and the Microcensus. This topic constitutes a central area of interest within the broader topic of structural integration of migrants. The study investigates the level of employment, the professional position, particular employment circumstances as well as unemployment in comparison to population without migration background.

The working paper deals with circular and temporary forms of migration. More than 10 per cent of the third-country nationals living in Germany may be considered circular migrants.

More than 10 per cent of the third-country nationals living in Germany may be considered circular migrants. The study provides definitions, statistical data and an overview of the general political and legal conditions prevailing in Germany.

Extract from the series "Integration report", part 8

The Working Paper 34 gives detailed information about the use of media by different migrants groups in Germany. According to it, the majority of migrants are well reachable by media of the receiving society. Beside the "classic" media such as TV, radio and print media, the internet - which has considerably gained in importance over the past several years - is made a subject of discussion.

Extract from the series "Integration report", part 7

Working paper 33 "Interethnic contacts, friendships, partnerships, and marriages of migrants in Germany" is especially deals with a central area of social integration of migrants. The paper highlights the character and intensity of social relationships of migrants between each other, as well as between migrants and citizens without migration background. It is conducted with the help of administrative data and social research surveys.

The organisation of immigration has, for some years now, been acknowledged as being one of the most important social challenges facing Germany. A new study of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees addresses the question of how labour demands are covered through immigration. The study carries out an inventory of the current situation and names the criteria and the legal bases upon which economic migration to Germany takes place.