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Flipping the Script – Migration and German identity

August 28, 2021

People from over 190 countries live in Germany. One in four German residents has a migration background. This means that Germany is also a country where different cultures, religions and languages meet.

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How does this immigration shape Germany today? How much immigration does Germany need, and how much should it allow? For that debate we have invited Jenny Gamradt-Itri, who works in the youth welfare office here in Berlin and says, ‘cultural diversity an enrichment to society.’ And Torsten Kaulfuss, who is a craftsman, also from Berlin. He says, ‘Germany's migration policies have to change, because things cannot remain as they are.'