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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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Move to another city: Possible, but not easy
Apartments and rooms are hard to find in Tübingen and the surrounding area and are usually very expensive. This makes…
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A good start in the new country
Refugees from Ukraine are mostly highly qualified. 17 percent are already employed. Many of the more than one million war…
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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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Hryvnia exchange program ends
Refugees from Ukraine can exchange their Ukrainian banknotes for euros free of charge only until November 18. This is pointed…
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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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Finances: Rent payments from the job center must be forwarded
Many refugees from Ukraine have found a large transfer from the Jobcenter on their account these days. But beware: The…
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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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Scholarships and jobs for laboratory staff from Ukraine
Refugees from Ukraine who have worked as laboratory personnel in their home country can apply to the Faculty of Medicine…
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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…
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New hope for those who have been tolerated for a residence permit
The federal government has set out a law that makes it easier for those with leniency to remain permanently in…
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Nearly 2,500 refugees from Ukraine are registered in the district of Tübingen
Around 2,450 refugees from Ukraine are currently registered in the district of Tübingen. In addition, there are other people who…
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Refugees do not enter Germany illegally
By Michael Seifert In statements to the media in recent weeks, interior ministers of various federal states and also the…
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Statistics: Syrians make up the majority of foreign doctors in Germany
“The medical profession in Germany is becoming more colourful”. According to the current statistics of the German Medical Association, there…
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More and More are Becoming Germans: People from Syria lead the Way in Naturalizations
Last year, almost three times as many Syrians were naturalized in Germany as in the previous year. 19,100 of them…
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Employment of Refugees: a “Job Engine” Offered by German Companies
Since 2015, the employment of refugees in German companies has had a very positive impact on the competitiveness of these…
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Counseling that makes you independent
Around 400 refugees from the district of Tübingen have become independent of the district’s social services, according to Martin Quack,…
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Most refugees in 2021 came from Syria
As many refugees as in 2015 and 2016 are now no longer arriving in Germany. Nevertheless, according to the Federal…
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Fictitious certificate – who needs it and how to get it
Anyone who applies for a residence permit or settlement permit in Germany receives a temporary residence title, the fictitious certificate,…
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More than 100 million refugees worldwide
“It is a record that should never have been reached”: this is how Filippo Grandi of the United Nations Refugee…
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Grant for the recognition of foreign professional qualifications
Anyone who wants to have professional qualifications acquired abroad recognized in Germany and does not receive financial support from the…
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What is known about refugees from Ukraine
331,600 entries of refugees from Ukraine were registered until 11 April 2022, according to the Federal Ministry of the Interior.…
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Ukrainian refugees: easier to open an account
It has become easier for refugees from Ukraine to open an account at a German bank. In the meantime, the…
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A new EU directive applies to refugees from Ukraine
In early March 2022, the European Union (EU) activated the so-called “mass influx directive”. This directive grants a different status…
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Online guide for refugees from Ukraine
For Ukrainians who have arrived in Germany, there is a portal with information as well as information and tips on…
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Counseling also for refugees from Ukraine
People who come to Germany as refugees receive support. Their contact persons are the integration managers of the district offices…
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Counseling for refugees from Ukraine as well
People who come to Germany as refugees receive support. Their contact persons are the integration managers of the district offices…
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Where refugees from Ukraine can find help
By Brigitte Gisel People from Ukraine who flee from the war in their homeland to Germany receive accommodation, food and…
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Report housing for refugees from Ukraine
The district of Tübingen is urgently looking for further accommodation for refugees from Ukraine. The provision of the Kreissporthalle Tübingen…
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The district of Tübingen prepares for refugees from Ukraine
About 19,000 refugees from Ukraine are registered in Germany so far, according to the Federal Ministry of the Interior (as…
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Hundreds of thousands flee the war in Ukraine
By Michael Seifert The Russian army’s invasion of Ukraine has triggered a huge wave of refugees. The number of people…
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First Orientation Course at the Adult Education Center Tübingen
The Volkshochschule Tübingen offers a “First Orientation Course – Welcome to Tübingen!” in March on one morning and one afternoon…
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Key to integration
In August 2021, for the first time, more than 500,000 people with refugee backgrounds in Germany were employed: 436,000 were…
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More people sought asylum in 2021
Baden-Württemberg registered more refugees again in 2021. 18,356 arrived at the state’s initial reception facilities. In the first Corona year…
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If the settlement permit fails due to a housing requirement …
By Qoutayba Abboud and Michael Seifert Refugees who came to Germany in 2015 or 2016 can now obtain a settlement…
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What the new government plans for refugees and migrants
By Michael Seifert The new federal government, formed by the so-called “traffic light coalition” of the parties SPD, “Bündnis 90/Die…
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Political blackmail with refugees in Belarus has many predecessors in history
For many weeks, the media have been reporting that thousands of refugees from Arab countries and Afghanistan are trying to…
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Afghan refugees are currently unable to obtain identity documents
Many refugees from Afghanistan living in Germany are currently having problems fulfilling their “obligation to cooperate” in obtaining identity documents…
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Possibilities of applying for asylum after the Taliban’s seizure of power
The change in the political situation and the human rights situation following the seizure of power by the Taliban in…
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Möglichkeiten des Asylfolgeantrags nach der Machtübernahme durch die Taliban
Die Änderung der politischen Lage und der Menschenrechtssituation durch die Machtübernahme der Taliban in Afghanistan hat auch entscheidende Auswirkungen auf…
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Two websites show pictures taken in Moria
Pictures from Moria and other refugee camps located on the Greek island Lesbos are rarely seen by the public, “because…