Residence | Passes A1
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Asylum procedures take longer
In 2024, it took an average of 8.7 months for the German authorities to decide on an asylum application. This…
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Refugees do not enter Germany irregularly
Combating migration through irregular entry is currently playing a major role in the German parliamentary election campaign. The parties’ election…
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Tübingen: Apply for more residence permits online
More residence permits can now be applied for online in Tübingen. According to the city administration, there is a new…
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Support for voluntary departure
“We have to wait and see how the situation in Syria develops,” advises Olga Riedinger from the return counselling centre…
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“Germany needs skilled workers from abroad”
There is great hope for a better future after the fall of the Assad regime. He hopes that “doctors, pharmacists…
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Back to Syria: The heart says go, the head screams stay
The journey on the completely overcrowded boat was a horror. In the sea between Turkey and Greece, 15-year-old Farzaneh Hassani…
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Ukrainians may stay longer in Germany
The residence permit for refugees from Ukraine will be automatically extended until March 4, 2026. This was announced by the…
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Syrian refugees safe for the time being
One day after the liberation of Syria from the Assad regime, the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) in…
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Hold off on a trip to Syria
Many Syrian refugees would like to travel to their home country – for example to visit terminally ill relatives. If…
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Syrian refugees: all pending asylum procedures stopped
All asylum applications from Syrians that have not yet been decided will be suspended in Germany. This was confirmed by…
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New prices for D-Ticket in Tübingen / residential parking will become more expensive
The Deutschland-Ticket is secured nationwide at least until 2025. In addition to the SPD and the Greens, the CDU and…
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German is (also) spoken in many Muslim families
The German language has become an integral part of the family language for the majority of parents from a Muslim…
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Prize for project with people’s stories
The Telar association has been awarded second place in the Tübingen Integration Prize. It can now use 1500 euros in…
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Foreign skilled workers experience bureaucracy and discrimination
In general, integration into the German labour market has been successful for skilled workers from so-called third countries, i.e.…
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Containers for 90 refugees in Tübingen
The city of Tübingen is setting up containers to house refugees for the first time. This was decided unanimously by…
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Germany closes Iranian consulates
In response to the execution of the German-Iranian Jamshid Sharmahd in Teheran, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has closed the three…
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Discrimination by Taliban: Afghan women entitled to asylum
According to the European Court of Justice (ECJ), the treatment of women in Afghanistan by the radical Islamic Taliban is…
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How a document becomes valid abroad
When people move from one country to another, they often face the problem that their documents are not readily accepted.…
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Changing the world with words
By Ute KaiserHer name is Roula, ‘pronounced with a rolling R’. Born in Damascus, the 22-year-old Syrian came to Germany…
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Mostafa Elyasian: Images of becoming local
By Brigitte GiselHis favorite picture is from the capital. It shows remnants of the Berlin Wall, taken in 2019 when…
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Fraud during naturalization: German passport at risk
Anyone who cheats on the language test for naturalization or even buys a false certificate from fraudsters risks having their…
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From our editorial team – After Solingen…
By Wolfgang Sannwald“As a Syrian Muslim, I condemn such acts in the strongest possible terms. They not only harm innocent…
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46 refugees have a new home
The vacant building of the Internationaler Bund in Tübingen’s Eugenstraße is coming alive again. 46 refugees, including many families and…
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Promoting early integration through work
By Ute KaiserLanguage is a key to integration – and so is work. One district in Thuringia requires adult asylum…
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Travel documents for Afghan refugees
It is difficult for refugees from Afghanistan who do not have a valid passport to travel abroad. This is because…
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BAMF on refugees traveling home to their country of origin
A TV report alleging that some Afghan refugees have spent their vacations in Afghanistan has triggered a major discussion in…
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Accomodation of Afghans in need of protection: massive cut planned
By Ute KaiserThe Taliban have ruled Afghanistan for three years. The economic and political situation is putting a massive strain…
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Court decision: Subsidiary protection for refugees from Gaza
The Sigmaringen Administrative Court (VG) ruled on March 7, 2024 that a refugee from the Gaza Strip is entitled to…
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No longer a threat?
Civilians in Syria no longer face a serious, individual threat to their lives or physical integrity as a result of…
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New naturalization law: patience required
It has been law since the end of June: foreigners can now be naturalized in Germany after five instead of…
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Justice Minister Gentges: Less money for integration courses
If the federal government actually cuts the money for integration courses from 1.1 billion to 500 million euros as planned,…
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New regulation: Likes could lead to deportation
Anyone who condones terrorist acts through comments or likes on social media should be more easily deported from Germany. This…
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More and more people are taking integration courses
In 2023, significantly more people completed an integration course than in the previous year. According to Mediendienst Integration, the number…
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Poor despite having a full-time job: racism increases the risk of poverty
People who are more at risk of racism because they are perceived as black, Asian or Muslim are also at…
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ECJ: Possible new refugee protection for women as a “social group”
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has made a decision that opens up a new possibility for refugee women (including…
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Protection for Ukrainians in the EU extended until 2026
The Council of the European Union has decided to extend temporary protection for Ukrainian refugees fleeing the Russian aggressor war.…
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Warning of flight risks increases the desire to emigrate
Since 2015, the European Union (EU) has been promoting information campaigns in countries of origin of refugees. The aim of…
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EU agrees on new common asylum policy
On April 10, 2024, the European Parliament approved the reform of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS), which has been…
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German scholarship program for refugee researchers
The Philipp Schwartz Initiative for Academic Refugees in Germany helps refugee researchers in need of protection from all over the…
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Study casts doubt on the usefulness of relocation bans
Relocation bans for recognized refugees do more harm than good. This is the conclusion of a study presented by the…
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Crossing the border with an automatically extended residence permit
Can Ukrainians expect difficulties crossing the border as their residence permit expires in March 2024? No. The residence permits of…
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New regulations on naturalisation apply from 27 June—dual citizenship possible
The new German citizenship law comes into force on 27 June 2024 after being published in the Federal Law Gazette…
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More and more refugees are becoming German citizens
This figure was last seen in Baden-Württemberg more than 20 years ago: 22,745 foreigners were naturalised here in 2023. That…
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Aid organizations criticize the EU asylum compromise
Numerous human rights organizations and aid organizations for refugees are very critical of the reform of the Common European Asylum…
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Kurdish migration to Germany—facts and figures
With 25 to 30 million people, the Kurds are the world’s largest ethnic group with their own language, but without…
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European Court of Human Rights condemns Greece
For the second time, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg condemned the EU country Greece in early…
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EU agrees on new common asylum policy
On April 10, 2024, the European Parliament approved the reform of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS), which has been…
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Apply for a residence permit online at the district office
Residence permits can now also be applied for or extended online at the Tübingen District Office. Other residence permits can…