Refugees and rural development: Chances from migration and challenges of integration

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The current immigration of refugees leads to a discussion about links between rural development and migration. Some rural regions in Germany formulate the hope that they can benefit from refugee immigration. In these areas, the impacts of aging and population decline with labour and skills shortages are often more relevant than in larger cities. So the questions are: What are the chances from refugee immigration? For which kind of rural areas are these opportunities realistic? And which framework conditions and governance arrangements for integration are conducive to using these opportunities? With regard to the attractiveness of various rural areas in Germany for immigration and their integration abilities, the conditions are quite different while in Eastern Germany the possibilities are lower. Multi-level-integration governance is required to make the best use of the chances. To shape suitable framework conditions for integration there is a need of a region specific, integrated view on the different factors of integration.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Year: 2016 ; Conference: IAMO Forum 2016, Rural Labor in Transition: Structural Change, Migration and Governance Halle/Saale, Germany (22.6.2016) ; Kiel, Hamburg: ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Regional Development Planning and Policy
• Subject: Rural development ; Integration ; Refugees ; Migration ; Germany

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Pollermann, Kim
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics ; ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
• (where): Kiel, Hamburg
• (when): 2016

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/148648
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET