Refusal to integrate

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“ Refusal to integrate ” is a political catchphrase . Above all, it describes (in the variant of “refusal to integrate from below”) the behavior of immigrants who do not assimilate in the society of the immigration country to the extent that the user of the expression expects.

Currently, the accusation of “refusal to integrate from above” is occasionally raised against politicians and civil servants who, through restrictive regulations and measures, illegitimately made the integration of people already resident in the country more difficult.

Integration means “inclusion”, “acceptance into a community of equals” and is therefore always a bilateral process of rapprochement in which two sides are involved and which can therefore fail on both sides, for example due to mutual mistrust. What he euphemistically disguises is the secret expectation that the stranger should adapt, subordinate, or even submit - a demand that cannot be made so explicitly, however, since it would not be an integration, but rather the creation of a permanent inequality Power relationship.

Refusal to integrate "from below"

The adherence of people with a migration background to the traditions and cultural assets of their country of origin, if they are classified as refusing to integrate , is not interpreted as a claim to constitutionally guaranteed fundamental rights , but as an expression of defiance or a lack of education.

In the German-speaking world, the catchphrase was used in the discourse on the integration courses introduced in 2004 . The catchphrase also played a role in the headscarf dispute .

history

Already in the 1750s Benjamin Franklin accused the German immigrants to Pennsylvania , who stubbornly adhered to their religious beliefs and customs, who appeared culturally backward and who refused to attend English-speaking schools, “Why should the Palatine” boors be suffer'd to swarm, refusal to integrate into our Settlements, and by herding together, establish their Language and Manners to the Exclusion of ours? “In this context, the Pennsylvania Committee for German affairs demanded a ban on the German-language press and the use of the German language in schools and offices, and advocated it Forced marriages with Anglo-Americans, which, however, was rejected by Franklin. Since the wave of immigration to the USA in 1848–1855, Catholics (South Germans, Austrians, Irish, Mexicans) in particular were considered as backward refusal to integrate. Later criticism was directed against the Chinese immigrants' unwillingness to integrate and the braid they wore as a symbol of refusal to integrate. This was often forcibly cut off from them in San Francisco in the 1870s. Since the 1880s and 1890s, language tests were finally required more and more often to force the integration of immigrants.

criticism

A critical objection from the academic side against the original use of the term is that a "basic knowledge of migration research " has not prevailed in Germany , "according to which migrants always form communities, use networks and also develop ' parallel societies ', especially if they are rejected."

Refusal to integrate "from above"

Recently there has also been an accusation of “refusal to integrate from above”. In particular, politicians from the Left and the Greens use this term to criticize the regulation of the reunification of relatives “ beneficiaries of subsidiary protection ” in Germany. The constant concern for the fate of relatives left behind massively hinders the integration of those entitled to protection.

Susi Möbbeck ( SPD ), Integration Commissioner for the State of Saxony-Anhalt , assessed the restrictive policy of the Federal Interior Minister as a “refusal to integrate” in June 2018.

The idea of ​​a “lane change” is particularly controversial, according to which refugees who are willing to integrate and who do not have a secure right to stay in Germany should be given the right to stay as a sought-after specialist on the basis of an immigration law. In an online survey by the “ Süddeutsche Zeitung ” in August 2018, 54 percent of those who voted welcomed such a “lane change”, 37 percent rejected it. Above all, opponents of a “lane change” argue that it will make Germany more attractive for illegal immigration. The deterrent effect of the deportation of non-asylum seekers as an instrument to influence the number of refugees cannot be dispensed with.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Basic Law protects those who refuse to integrate online, September 7, 2010; Gabriel for sanctions in the event of refusal to integrate Der Tagesspiegel, September 20, 2010; Sarrazin for cuts in social benefits in the event of "notorious refusal to integrate" September 21, 2010
  2. ↑ Government reviews measures in case of refusal to integrate Hamburger Abendblatt, October 16, 2010; Refusal to integrate: “New sanctions unnecessary” Süddeutsche Zeitung, December 10, 2010
  3. ↑ Is Islam an obstacle to integration?  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.bundestag.de  
  4. ↑ Simon Schama , The American Future: A History from the Founding Fathers to Barack Obama , 2nd ed. London: Vintage, 2009, p. 241.
  5. ↑ Schama 2009, p. 241.
  6. ↑ Schama 2009, p. 264.
  7. ↑ Schama, p. 276.
  8. ↑ http://www.islamische-zeitung.de/?id=7398 When social conflicts are ethnicized. Interviews with Prof. Dr. Christoph Butterwegge, June 29, 2006
  9. ↑ Controversial compromise: the new regulation on family reunification meets with a lot of resistance ( memento of the original dated August 2, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . zeit.de . 7th June 2018 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.zeit.de
  10. ↑ Möbbeck: Seehofer refuses to integrate . welt.de . June 14, 2018
  11. ↑ Refugees on the job market - Bavaria's Interior Minister Herrmann railed against the "lane change" . sueddeutsche.de. August 16, 2018