Immigration, asylum and citizenship in Germany: The impact of unification and the Berlin republic

Transition to Homeownership Among Immigrant Groups and Natives in West Germany, 1984–2008

“…Mediterranean countries, and from the 1980s onward it was asylum seekers who came to West Germany in increasing numbers (Green, 2001). About half of the immigrants have lived for 10 years or longer in Germany, and one third of them have lived in Germany for more than 20 years (Zandonella, 2003).…”

“…About half of the immigrants have lived for 10 years or longer in Germany, and one third of them have lived in Germany for more than 20 years (Zandonella, 2003). Many of them came from Turkey, southern Europe and the former Yugoslavia (Constant et al, 2007; for a detailed review see, e.g., Green, 2001, Kurthen, 1995or Martin, 2002. Thus, immigration was comprised of war refugees and ethnic Germans, labor migrants and asylum seekers (Green, 2001;Koopmans, 1999;Kurthen, 1995).…”

“…This was only partly successful, since it was costly for the industry to train new employees, and thus in the 1970s the transformation into permanent migration began. After 1973, wives and children started joining the mostly male labor migrants (Green, 2001). …”

“…The first of this group arrived from Poland, Romania and the former Soviet Union (Green, 2001). The basic difference between the 'Aussiedler' and many of the previous immigrants is that, for the most part, the 'Aussiedler' were entitled to German citizenship upon arrival to Germany since they were considered ethnic Germans by law (Joppke, 1999;Raijman, Semyonov and Schmidt, 2003).…”

“…German immigration (Green, 2001), reducing their incoming numbers (Kurthen, 1995). In addition, during these years there was also a considerable increase in the number of asylum seekers, originating largely from Eastern Europe.…”