| ID | 133004 |
| Title Proper | Germany says 'Wilkommen' to outsiders |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Peel, Quentin |
| Publication | 2014. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | In little more than two decades, Germany has undergone an extraordinary transformation in attitudes towards immigration.
In the early 1990s, as the recently reunified nation was facing a surge in migrants from the wreckage of the former Soviet Union, and a wave of refugees from civil war in the Balkans, the consensus was that 'Germany is not a country of immigration'.
Migrant workers who had flocked to join the German economic miracle in previous decades from Turkey, Greece, Italy and North Africa, were regarded as gastarbeiter - guest workers - who were expected to return home when their jobs were done. |
| `In' analytical Note | World Today Vol.70, No.4; Aug-Sep.2014: p.20 |
| Journal Source | World Today Vol.70, No.4; Aug-Sep.2014: p.20 |
| Key Words | Germany ; European Union - EU ; German Economic Miracle - GEM ; Greece ; European Financial Crisis - EFC ; European Economic Crisis - EEC ; Political Refugees ; Economic Refugees ; Balkans ; Soviet Union ; European Migration ; Extraordinary Transformation |