Advice for young people , Date: 2018.11.28, format: Article, area: Integration

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The initial phase of living in a foreign country is both exciting and challenging, especially for young people. They want to find new friends and prove themselves at school or at work.

The Youth Migration Services help young people meet the challenges of integrating into life in Germany.

They advise and help juvenile immigrants, as well as young adults aged up to 27. You can find the contact data of the Youth Migration Services by clicking on the link that you will find below.

The advice provided by the Youth Migration Services is free of charge at all times for you and your children.

Special services and individual advice

The programmes offered by the Youth Migration Services range from providing individual assistance, including an integration support plan, individual advice and working with parents, through to group activities and courses. The Services can for instance provide you with assistance and information on with the following issues:

  • parenting, childhood and youth, 
  • the school and education system,
  • career planning,
  • dealing with computers and programs for learning German. 

There are now Youth Migration Services at over 420 locations throughout Germany. The advice is carried out by organisations of youth social work:

  • the Federal Protestant Youth Social Work Agency (Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Evangelische Jugendsozialarbeit)
  • the Federal Catholic Youth Social Work Agency (Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Katholische Jugendsozialarbeit)
  • the Workers' Welfare Association (Arbeiterwohlfahrt)
  • the Internationaler Bund, the German Equal Participation Welfare Association (Deutscher Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband) and the German Red Cross

The Youth Migration Services also offer anyonymous online counselling. They can be accessed either directly or via the Internet portal of the Youth Migration Services. You will find the link below.

Information available locally

You can obtain further information in your area from:

  • the Migration Advisory Service for Adult Immigrants and the Youth Advisory Service,
  • the immigration authority,
  • a transitional hostel,
  • the municipal, city or district administration,
  • friends, family and neighbours,
  • employers, and
  • associations.