Hundreds of thousands of people who are required to take part in integration courses are leaving early, new figures from the federal government show. The rigid system of integration courses harms both refugees and the German labor market, says linguistics professor Christoph Schroeder.
A completed course is a prerequisite for refugees entitled to protection in order to be able to fully participate in theGerman labor market. For example, companies should be able easily employ people without a B1 level and create opportunities for them to acquire the necessary skills in their careers, says Schroeder, a language expert at the University of Potsdam. For more information, visit the BAMF's website or go to: www.bamf.org. Germany is putting a straitjacket on ourselves and thus imposed ourselves and our problems on ourselves, says the scientist, a linguistics expert and a scientist at the U.S. Embassy in Berlin, in response to a request for comment from the German government. For confidential support call the Samaritans in the UK on 08457 90 90 90, visit a local Samaritans branch or click here.