Jannik Schneider, Dario Castronovo Refugees in our region Jannik Schneider, Dario Castronovo

Legal Status in Germany: Refugees Article 1 of the Geneva Convention on Refugees: refugees are persons who are outside their home country and are threatened by race, religion, nationality, political conviction or belonging to a certain social group a refugee recognized by the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees has the same rights as an asylum seeker, i.e. a residence permit for three years and a work permit after three years, the protection status is checked

EU rules for refugees: Written down in Geneva Convention definition of a refugee: people threatened by their race, religion, nationality, political conviction or belonging to a certain group outside their home country responsible for decision about asylum accepted refugees are allowed to stay in the new country for three years

Asylum seekers have the same rights as refugees in Germany German Constitution Article 16a : Asylum is granted to everybody who is persecuted politically

Migrants def: Migrant is a anyone who moves to a different place within a country or across state boundaries in most cases, a migrant is someone who leaves a country to improve the living conditions, not because they are in danger in their home country migration takes place primarily for economic or political reasons, i.e. the prospect of a better job

Treatment of refugees come to Germany get checked by a doctor get everything to survive (bed, clothes) confirming the identity telling/proving, why they need asylum

Refugee relief conditions: residence permit under Asylum Act toleration being enforceable   achievements: food clothes hygiene and personal care costs of lodging  less than the local social help (approx 10- 20 %)

Group of Person Standard Rate per person Single Parent 354 € Partner 318 € Children at the age of 15 to 18 276 € Children at the age of 7 to 14 242 € Children up to 6 years 214 €

Refugees in our region 2016 Numbers   Refugees in our region 2016 Numbers Aufnahmeverlauf Kalenderjahr 2016 Ist Zuweisungen 2016 pro Monat Jan 16 Feb 16 Mrz 16 Apr 16 Mai 16 Jun 16 Jul 16 Aug 16 Sep 16 Okt 16 Nov 16 Dez 16 Ist Boppard 31 13 14 17 8 7 9 2 101 Emmelshausen 25 22 3 21 1 93 Kastellaun 28 18 12 10 4 85 Kirchberg 6 5 52 Rheinböllen 16 11 82 St. Goar 49 Simmern 23 95 Gesamt 145 80 88 58 35 55 29 19 24 557

Distribution of refugees in our region from 2013 to2015:

Age of refugees in our region

Criminality of refugees Few incidents  much attention (media)  polarization  unfounded fear Vs. Sexual offences (new year’s night Cologne)  founded anxiety

Reasons for higher crime rate of foreigners less trust -> more supervision -> more controls by policemen majority of refugees: male, young -> main crime group unauthorized/undocumented entry in a country = crime refugees as victims of other refugees  foreigners are not more criminal than German citizens (xenophobia, racism and prejudice)

Economy German economy needs young (skilled) workers, many companies can’t find apprentices especially in rural areas (Simmern!) lack of workers cost for refugees’ help: 21 billion euros (IFO-Institute) for at least 800.000 people

Accommodation first tents, little protection examples: few furniture containers small wooden huts old houses few furniture WC and shower on the floor low/no privacy

Integration local examples of integration football “huns-bunt” refugees’ tournament learn German and accomplish team spirit source: https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=1920x400:format=jpg/path/sac7af2b0c2baf26f/image/iaee47c24bc55b30d/version/1485535308/image.jpg

located in Simmern members of stuff help refugees to write a good application the organization is open for all people from all over the world refugees can learn the German language visitors can sit there in a nice atmosphere, talk and get some drinks