"Muge Tuzcu Karakoc is certain that without an integration course, she would probably still not have properly settled in Germany by now. The Turkish journalist has been living in Germany for seven years. But it was only in 2024, when she started studying German every day alongside Ukrainians, Syrians, and Iranians that she felt the country she now lives in really opened its doors to her."
"funding applications for refugees from Ukraine, asylum-seekers, immigrants with "tolerated" status, and EU migrants will no longer be approved until further notice. That means they will have to pay the 1,600 ($1,882) for an integration course out of their own pockets in the future. Only if the job center, immigration office, or social welfare office orders people to take such a course will the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) cover the costs."
Germany's Interior Ministry has suspended approval of funding applications for integration courses for many refugee and migrant groups, including Ukrainians, asylum-seekers, those with "tolerated" status, and EU migrants. Individuals from those groups will now have to pay 1,600 ($1,882) for courses themselves unless a job center, immigration office, or social welfare office mandates participation, in which case the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) will cover costs. Participants and teachers report that integration courses deliver language skills and everyday-life orientation that facilitate social and economic integration. Teachers and participants express concern that cutting access will hinder integration and create larger social problems.
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