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YouRNI Karlsruhe 2018. Teaching young refugees in Germany 2018 Eva Götz. The structure of my presentation. Refugee situation in Germany 2017/18 (Ausländerzentralregister/Statist. Bundesamt) Educational system and vocational training
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YouRNI Karlsruhe 2018 Teaching youngrefugees in Germany 2018 Eva Götz
The structureofmypresentation • Refugeesituation in Germany 2017/18 (Ausländerzentralregister/Statist. Bundesamt) • Educational system and vocationaltraining • Language in theworkplaceand in vocationaltraining
Demographic Numbers • Germany 2018: 83 millioninhabitants • Foreignnationality: 10.6 million • Refugees: 1.7 million • Refugees with legal refugeestatus: 1.2 million • Population increase in 2017: 0.5 million
Legal situationof refugees • Applyingforasylum, applicationpending • Political refugees (§16a Grundgesetz) • Refugees accordingtoGenevaConvention (permanent orsubsidiary/temporary) • Deniedapplicantswithexceptionalleavetoremain • Deniedapplicantswaitingforvoluntaryreturnordeportation
Development ofapplications • New applications in 2017: 350 000 persons • Decreaseof 39% between 2016 and 2017 • 2018: about 13 000 persons per monthapplying • Home countries: Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria • Refugeestatusfrequentlydenied: Afghanistan, Serbia, Albania • Highestincreaseofapplications: West African countries, refugeestatususuallydenied
Voluntaryreturnanddeportation • Voluntaryreturn: 30 000 persons/year, mostlySerbia, Macedonia, Albania • Voluntaryreturn Afghanistan: 1 000 persons/year • Deportation: 24 000 persons/year • Unaccountedpersons: ?
Unaccompaniedminors • Unaccompaniedminors in care oftheyouthwelfareservices: 2016: 65 000 persons, 2017: 33 000 persons • New arrivals: 2016: 13 000 persons, 2017: 4 200 persons • 91% malesmostlyfrom Afghanistan or Eritrea
Refugees and thelabormarket 2017 • 470 000 refugees receivebasicsecuritybenefitsforjobseekers(mostlyparticipants in languageclasses) • 185 000 refugees are unemployed and activelylookingforwork • 91000 refugees startedemployment • 275 000 personsfromthemainhome countries in employment (27% ofthe adult population)
Young refugees in education • Most refugees under 16 in regularclasses • Most young refugees need additional helpwithlanguagebasedschoolwork • Refugees between 16 and 20 in VABO-classeshavedecreased(morethan 60% decreasein 2017) • Young refugees havemostlyreachedlanguagelevel A2 or B1
Young refugees betweeneducation and vocationaltraining • High numberof refugees in classespreparingforthefirstlevelofschoolgraduation(VABR-classes) • Graduation in homecountry plus B1 German: accesstosecondaryeducation grade 11 • Many refugees under 30 wantto do an „Ausbildung“