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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…
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Relocation during the naturalisation process
If you change your place of residence and move after you have applied for naturalisation and thus German citizenship, please…
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Syrian refugees in Germany: statistics and developments
Since the beginning of the war in Syria in March 2011, millions of Syrians have fled their country, of which…
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Payment card: data is only estimated
It already exists in the Ortenau district in Baden. It is also due to be introduced in the Zollernalb district…
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Significant rise in first-time asylum applications
Germany was once again the main destination for refugees in the European Union in 2023. 329,120 people made an initial…
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Law on faster deportation passed
Rejected asylum seekers are to be deported from Germany more quickly in future. After the Bundestag, the Bundesrat also approved…
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A new law will make naturalisation easier from April
Members of the German Bundestag have made it easier to obtain German citizenship. The bill to modernise citizenship law was…
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Why foreign skilled workers often leave Germany again
A recently published study by the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IAW) in Tübingen and the SOKO Institute in Bielefeld…
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The German passport is safe
Anyone who has been naturalised in Germany and holds a German passport can no longer be deported. This is stated…
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Book an on-site appointment at the Tübingen Foreigners’ Registration Office at the terminal
Some things are now easier to do at the Tübingen Foreigners’ Registration Office: Extending residence permits and tolerated stay permits,…
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Help in many languages for traumatized people
Refugio cares for traumatized refugees. The independent association supports those affected and their relatives. Understanding is important in counseling and…
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Residence permits in Tübingen now available electronically / Foreigners’ Office changes appointment procedure
In Tübingen, a residence title can now only be applied for or extended online. This document is needed by anyone…
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Money from the state for integration
The municipality of Ammerbuch receives 11,500 euros for the integration of refugees. The money comes from the state programme “Integration…
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Attacks on refugees on the rise
The number of attacks on refugees has increased significantly: In the first half of 2023, there were 704 attacks against…
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After two years of Taliban rule: worldwide refugees from Afghanistan
5.7 million refugees and asylum seekers from Afghanistan were living outside their homeland at the end of 2022, according to…
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Kitas are not yet the desired driver of integration
Exactly 10 years after the introduction of the legal right to a daycare place for children after the age of…
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Most refugees come from Syria
The number of applications from refugees in Germany is on the rise again. This is reported by the Federal Office…
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Opportunity Residence: Already Tens of Thousands of Applications
So far, one in three tolerated persons who have lived in Germany for more than five years has filed an…
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Work and integration: ZDF filmed at tünews
Refugees should be obliged to work, if necessary on a voluntary basis. This is what the district councils in Baden-Württemberg…
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New residence opportunities for asylum seekers in employment or with training
Asylum seekers whose asylum application has not yet been decided on are to be given a “change of track” to…
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Problems of refugees in the health care system
A scientific study shows: Refugees often cannot cope with the German healthcare system. This is the result of an analysis…
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Open letter from lawyers: The right to protection must not be abolished
In an open letter to the members of the German government, the members of the German Bundestag and the minister…
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Never before have so many people been on the run
Never before have so many people been on the run as now. This is shown by the figures of the…
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Fit for forms and offices
Forms are often difficult to understand. German bureaucracy is also quite complicated. In both cases, there is now help. “Form…
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Certificate of fiction: Mail from Tübingen Foreigners’ Office counts as proof of application
In Tübingen, expired residence permits should actually be valid until the end of January 2024. The city had stipulated this…
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Social workers: First point of contact for many questions
Without them, arriving in Germany would be even more difficult than it already is: the social workers of the specialized…
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Improving educational opportunities for immigrant families
The Tübingen Intercultural Network for Parents’ Education (INET for short) will receive a total of 25,398 euros in funding from…
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Former refugee BM in Ostelsheim
Ryyan Alshebl is the new mayor of the municipality of Ostelsheim in the district of Calw. Born in Syria, he…
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How can families with children become Germans
By Qoutayba Abboud Many refugees who came to Germany since 2015 can and want to apply for German citizenship now.…
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New law may enable residence for tolerated persons
As of January 1, 2023, the new opportunity residence law will enable an 18-month right of residence for tolerated people…
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German test for immigrants: new rules
There is a language test especially for immigrants—the German Test for Immigrants (DTZ). With it, they can prove knowledge at…
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Money for blankets and food
Von Brigitte Gisel Earthquake victims in northern Syria are still receiving hardly any outside help. TüNEWS editor Youssef Kanjou organizes…
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Faster visa appointments for Syrians from earthquake regions
The visa process for Syrians affected by the earthquake in Turkey and Syria has been eased. Above all, this means…
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Germany as a destination for refugees in 2022
In 2022, 1.3 million refugees have arrived in Germany, including more than one million from Ukraine and 245,000 from other…
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Help for migrants in the search for housing
People who immigrate from abroad or come to Germany as refugees are confronted with the challenge of looking for and…
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Tübingen Foreigners’ Office only open by telephone
The Tübingen Foreigners’ Office will be closed from Monday, February 6, to Friday, February 10. It is moving to new…
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Certificate of fiction: Exception in Tübingen
“Expired residence permits for foreign citizens in Tübingen continue to apply.” This is what the city of Tübingen writes in…
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A new law should make it possible: from toleration to the right to stay
Under the complicated name of “Chancen-Aufenthaltsrecht”, there are new possibilities for refugees to stay who have not been recognized as…
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Writing workshop for migrants
Leaving, arriving and moving on. These topics are aimed at people who have left their homeland and found a new…
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Long-term tolerated persons should not be deported
Well-integrated tolerated persons should be given the prospect of staying. The state government of Baden-Württemberg has agreed on this. Those…
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Current Judgments on Identity Clarification
If refugees don’t have valid passports, it is usually difficult to clarify their identity when a residence permit or settlement…
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EU Court of Justice strengthens the right to family reunification
Two new rulings by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) have corrected the previous practice of the German authorities concerning…
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Naturalization test places available
If you want to become a citizen in Germany, you have to pass the naturalization test. The questions cover the…
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Wrongly not receiving child benefit
A number of refugees were wrongly denied child benefit between 2006 and 2020. This was decided by the Federal Constitutional…
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The prospect of a permanent right of residence
Refugees who have been well integrated should have a better chance of staying. This was confirmed by Baden-Württemberg’s Prime Minister…
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Change of legal status for Ukrainian refugees remains controversial
Joachim Walter, District Administrator of Tübingen, repeated his criticism of the so-called change of legal status for Ukrainian refugees on…
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Prime Minister Kretschmann at tünews INTERNATIONAL
On Tuesday, August 16, the Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg, Winfried Kretschmann, announced during his visit to the editors of tünews…