While the political debate and far right fixate on visible problems, new research shows that Germany’s everyday institutions quietly succeed in integrating refugees, often without anyone noticing.
Author: Irmhild Saake
Irmhild Saake is a sociologist at LMU Munich and researches aging, dying, and the integration of refugees. Many aspects of these issues are refracted by modern expectations of equality. Most recently, she published the text “Selective Access with Scope. On the Inclusion of Refugees in the ‘Dockstelle’ Administration” (Selective Access with Scope. On the Inclusion of Refugees in the ‘Dockstelle’ Administration) in 2024 in the journal “Soziale Systeme” (Social Systems).