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Documents - Immigration, Xenophobia, and Multiculturalism
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1.   Suggestions for Curbing Abuse of the Asylum Law (April 10, 1989)
A conservative lawyer asserts that asylum must be reserved for the truly persecuted and not used as a backdoor route to immigration for economic reasons. He argues that asylum abuse could be curbed....
2.   The Motives of Ethnic German Remigrants [Spätaussiedler] (June 15, 1989)
In the late 1980s, massive numbers of ethnic Germans from Eastern Europe seized the opportunity offered by the policies of glasnost and perestroika and returned to the land of their forefathers,....
3.   Resentment against the Support for East German Refugees (January 22, 1990)
The generous material aid given to a seemingly endless stream of GDR refugees, combined with the strain caused by ethnic German remigrants and asylum seekers, created widespread popular resentment,....
4.   Measures to Reduce the Influx of Ethnic German Remigrants (March 29, 1990)
In order to curb the number of ethnic German remigrants moving to the Federal Republic, Minister of the Interior Wolfgang Schäuble pushed for a law that would....
5.   An Alliance for Tolerance Appeals for Openness toward Foreigners (October 31, 1991)
To counter growing resentment against newcomers, an “alliance against xenophobia and racism” composed of churches, trade unions, business associations, organizations, sports clubs, and youth groups....
6.   Arson Attack on Turkish Families in Mölln (November 24, 1992)
In September 1991 right-wing extremists attacked housing facilities for asylum seekers in the Saxon city of Hoyerswerda. The attacks were the prelude to a wave of xenophobic violence that spread....
7.   Reasons for the Alienation of Turkish Youths (June 3, 1993)
On May 29, 1993, young skinheads in the city of Solingen (North Rhine-Westphalia) set fire to the home of a Turkish family, killing five of its members, among them three children. The following article....
8.   Legislative Restrictions on the Right to Asylum (July 1, 1993)
To reduce the number of asylum seekers, the Bundestag revised Article 16 of the Basic Law. The revision ruled out recourse to asylum rights for those who hailed from countries where no evidence of....
9.   The Government Offers an Explanation for Xenophobia (March 2, 1994)
Alarmed by the violence against foreigners, the CDU-FDP government issued a report that blamed xenophobic incidents on teen unemployment and nationalism in the Eastern states. The only potential....
10.   A Turkish-German Writer on Ways to Overcome the German-Turkish Divide (August 22/23, 1998)
Turkish-German writer Zafer Senocak reflects on the strength of Turkish identity in Germany and suggests ways to make the Federal Republic more hospitable to immigrants. He also encourages new citizens....
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