In Conversation with Mark Terkessidis  Without a plan: Germany and migration

Mark Terkessidis about migration, racism, and social change in Germany and Europe.

It is a strange picture that Germany is presenting these days. Although workers are needed everywhere and the acceptance of refugees on the labor market is a success story, “irregular migration” seems to be the most controversial topic.

People in areas whose populations have been shrinking for years are particularly afraid of migration. How can these contradictions be explained? Germany is de facto only until very recent a country of immigration and obviously attitudes are not really keeping pace with reality.