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The Expert Council on Integration and Migration is an independent advisory council of nine experts which provides research-based and actionable policy advice. With its Annual Report the Expert Council shapes the public debate on integration and migration in Germany and beyond.

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Research

The Expert Council is supported in its work by members of its scientific staff, who also conduct own applied research in the fields of integration and migration. Scientific staff apply a variety of discipline-specific and methodological approaches. Their research results are made available to experts from science, politics and civil society as well as to the general public through publications, talks and discussions.

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SVR on EU asylum policy: Jointly implement the CEAS reform swiftly and in line with human rights, keep the debate objective and goal-oriented

The new European Commission will take up its work on 1 December 2024. Dealing with migration and refugees will also be on the agenda. Will the reform of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) be implemented jointly or will the member states continue to go it alone at national level? In a position paper, the… Continue reading SVR on EU…

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‘Black box’ administration: The practical handling of statelessness and undetermined nationality

More than 125,000 people in Germany live as stateless persons or with an undetermined nationality. As a state party to the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, Germany is obliged to identify people without nationality and grant them access to national and international rights. However, a standardised determination procedure does not yet exist… Continue reading ‘Black box’ administration:…

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Between openness and restriction: Integration and migration policy in the last five years

Migration and integration policy has been highly dynamic in recent years. On the one hand, increasing demand for foreign labour has led to a further opening of Germany as a country of immigration; the possibilities of so-called “lane changes” for rejected asylum seekers were also extended. Following the increased influx of refugees since 2022, more… Continue reading Between openness and…

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Tapping the hidden reserve: SVR study on the motives and motivation of volunteers in refugee assistance

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 led to a surge in willingness to help those who fled to Germany. The scientific staff of the Expert Council on Integration and Migration (SVR) conducted a survey on volunteer work to investigate the motives and attitudes of those who volunteer to support refugees. Based on that… Continue reading Tapping the hidden…

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Police stops in Germany: People who look foreign are stopped more frequently

Discriminatory police practices such as racial profiling have been the subject of debate in Germany for a number of years – though without any reliable underlying statistics. The scientific staff of the Expert Council on Integration and Migration (SVR) has now for the first time examined the link between perceived phenotypic difference and police stops… Continue reading Police stops in…

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A Key Issue of the Future: Care for the Sick and Elderly- Why Germany Needs to Act

A Key Issue of the Future: Care for the Sick and Elderly- Why Germany Needs to Act

Oberhausen, November 2014. The consequences of demographic change are already evident in Germany today – but also in other European countries: the population is shrinking and ageing. According to UN calculations, if the birth rate remains constant, the percentage of people over the age of 65 will rise from its current level of approx. 20%… Continue reading A Key Issue of the Future: Care for the Sick and Elderly- Why Germany Needs to Act

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