1. Teaching young refugees in Germany 2018
YouRNI Karlsruhe 2018
Teaching young refugees in Germany 2018
Eva Götz

2. The structure of my presentation
Refugee situation in Germany 2017/18 (Ausländerzentralregister/Statist. Bundesamt)
Educational system and vocational training
Language in the workplace and in vocational training

5. Demographic Numbers Germany 2018: 83 million inhabitants
Foreign nationality: 10.6 million
Refugees: 1.7 million
Refugees with legal refugee status: 1.2 million
Population increase in 2017: 0.5 million

6. Legal situation of refugees
Applying for asylum, application pending
Political refugees (§16a Grundgesetz)
Refugees according to Geneva Convention (permanent or subsidiary/temporary)
Denied applicants with exceptional leave to remain
Denied applicants waiting for voluntary return or deportation

7. Development of applications
New applications in 2017: persons
Decrease of 39% between 2016 and 2017
2018: about persons per month applying
Home countries: Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria
Refugee status frequently denied: Afghanistan, Serbia, Albania
Highest increase of applications: West African countries, refugee status usually denied

8. Voluntary return and deportation
Voluntary return: persons/year, mostly Serbia, Macedonia, Albania
Voluntary return Afghanistan: persons/year
Deportation: persons/year
Unaccounted persons: ?

9. Unaccompanied minors
Unaccompanied minors in care of the youth welfare services: : persons, : persons
New arrivals:
2016: persons,
2017: persons
91% males mostly from Afghanistan or Eritrea

10. Employment of Refugees

11. Refugees and the labor market 2017
refugees receive basic security benefits for job seekers (mostly participants in language classes)
refugees are unemployed and actively looking for work
91000 refugees started employment
persons from the main home countries in employment (27% of the adult population)

12. Young refugees in education
Most refugees under 16 in regular classes
Most young refugees need additional help with language based school work
Refugees between 16 and 20 in VABO-classes have decreased (more than 60% decrease in 2017)
Young refugees have mostly reached language level A2 or B1

13. Young refugees between education and vocational training
High number of refugees in classes preparing for the first level of school graduation (VABR-classes)
Graduation in home country plus B1 German: access to secondary education grade 11
Many refugees under 30 want to do an „Ausbildung“

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