TRAGEDIES IN GERMANY`S MINORITY HISTORY FROM THE

1960S TO TODAY

INDEX

Guest-workers from Italy

Guest-workers from Poland

Living situation

Teenage Immigrants with a criminal background

Asylum seekers

GUEST- WORKERS FROM ITALY

first guest-workers came from Italy (Dec 1955).

Reason:

Lack of employees because of the military service law.

Italian people were jobless.

A law let employees come to German companies.

After the work effort they should leave Germany.

Italians brought their families to Germany.

4 million Italians have come to Germany.

LIFE OF AN ITALIAN IMMIGRANT

His family was broken.

His brother went back to Italy.

His children had problems at school.

He was 22 years when he came to Germany.

Germans offended him.

He had to care for his family because he was one of the oldest children.

LIVING S ITUATION O F GU E ST WOR KERS

Flats• Guest workers lived in small

and unpleasant flats.• Had to share it with other

workers:Up to six people shared one flat.

• Had only the things they really needed to live there,

like a bed and the kitchen equipment.

They received less payment than the Germans:

Didn't “deserve“ the same.

The rent was deducted from the payment.Were often “bad mouthed“

Like: “Itaker“ (wop), “Polake“ and “frog-eater“.

Rumours were spreadLike they are womanizers.

Lived separated from the Germans.

SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL SITUATION

T E E N A G E I M M I G R A N T S W I T H A C R I M I N A L B A C K G R O U N D

Violence starts at ages 14-17 (when jobs actually don’t play a role).

When they grow up in an area where there are a lot of criminal gangs, it is easy to get on the wrong track.

Germany and Britain are not sharing the best-practise strategies when it comes to tackling the problem.

Most crimes are committed by young Muslims. Germany has decided to give them consistent advice.

ASYLUM SEEKERS IN GERMANY

Basic information

2013: 130.000 asylum seekers in Germany.

In 2013 there are more asylum seekers than in 2006 to 2009 together.

Most of the asylum seekers come from Russia, Serbia and Syria.

Problems of asylum seekers

Bad living situation

Small rooms Too many people for the small rooms Not enough equipment (kitchen, bathroom, washing

machine etc.) Old and dirty flats

Integration

Not everyone gets the change to learn German in a German course.

The asylum seekers are separated from the Germans.

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