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  • Title: Admission policy, patterns of migration and integration: the German and French case compared.
    Author: Seifert W.
    Journal: New community; 1997 Oct; 23(4):441-60. PubMed ID: 12179823.
    Abstract:
    Germany and France differ in their concepts of citizenship and nationality. Those differences have led to different patterns of immigration to the two countries and to different policies on the integration of migrants. The French notion of equality has led to the development and implementation of a migration policy designed to assimilate migrants to mainstream French culture. Citizenship is therefore granted more on the principle of jus soli, with differences in status groups not held to exist. However, Germany's interpretation of citizenship has been based upon descent, and immigration policy has focused upon groups which have German ethnic backgrounds. During the period of economic demand for foreign labor, Germany did not plan to have permanent immigration and considered the employment of foreign labor to be a temporary measure. Yet even when the arrival of immigrants with no German ethnic background is accepted, there are still major differences in the integration of different ethnic groups. While ethnic Germans are privileged because they have the right to citizenship upon arrival to German, and are also entitled to various integration measures, other immigrant groups may often not be granted citizenship, even in the case of second or third generations.
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