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  efms Migration Report December 2000
Marieluise Beck, the Federal Government Commissioner for Foreigners and Integration (The Greens), has welcomed this measures since they are expected to have a positive effect both on the labour market and the integration of foreign nationals.
Marieluise Beck (The Greens), the Federal Government Commissioner for Foreigners and Integration, will present her proposals for a new integration law on December 12.
Marieluise Beck, the Federal Government Commissioner for Foreigners and Integration, has pointed out the positive effects of the new citizenship law, which has been in force since Jan 1, 2000: The number of applications for naturalisation has risen significantly to 200,000, an increase of approximately 40%.
web.uni-bamberg.de /~ba6ef3/ddez00_e.htm   (1777 words)

  
 Beck: 'Germany is Open to Immigrants' | Germany | Deutsche Welle | 28.08.2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Despite this, the federal minister for migration, Marieluise Beck, is convinced that she has made significant progress during her almost seven years in office.
For Beck, the keystone of the current government's immigration policy is the Immigration Act, which was passed in August 2004 following hard wrangling with the opposition.
Beck’s particular bone of contention is that access to the German job market is still very difficult for foreign academics who have studied in Germany.
www.dw-world.de /dw/article/0,1564,1691133,00.html   (732 words)

  
 efms Migration Report March 2003
In view of the growing opposition by the CDU/CSU, representatives of the Greens, among them Volker Beck, secretary of the Green parliamentary party, and Marieluise Beck, the Federal Government Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration, have appeared pessimistic about reaching a consensus with the Union opposition parties.
Marieluise Beck (Greens), Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs and Federal Government Commissioner for Foreign Resident Affairs, has re-iterated her warnings against blaming children with a migration background for the poor results of German schools in the PISA study.
Beck has pointed out the fact that the educational achievement of pupils depends, above all, on their social background.
web.uni-bamberg.de /~ba6ef3/dmar03_e.htm   (1346 words)

  
 Islam & Muslims in Europe *)
Muslim spiritual leaders should serve as "social bridge builders," according to Marieluise Beck, who released her 20 action points in Berlin on Tuesday in the wake of the newly charged debate over the integration of Germany's 3.2 million Muslims.
Beck did not agree with suggestions from some quarters, most prominently by the education minister in Baden-Württemberg, Annette Schavan, that imams should be required to preach in German at mosques.
The Greens' Marieluise Beck, the government's representative on integration issues, dismissed the proposal as "not very intelligent" and said "there is a not single region of Germany which has a Muslim majority".
euro-islam.info /pages/news_germany_nov04.html   (1247 words)

  
 IZA - IZA Tower Talk - Report
Beck attributed a central role to the education system, which should enable young immigrants “to catch up on education und training.” In order to remove the serious disadvantages still experienced by immigrants, pre-school education and improved language acquisition should receive a larger weight.
Beck applauded the growing interest among immigrants in Germany to participate in the language and integration courses that have been established in accordance with the new immigration law.
Beck also drew hope from the efforts initiated in the wake of the PISA Study to improve the pre-school integration of immigrants.
www.iza.org /en/webcontent/events/IZATower_Talk/report_tt10   (447 words)

  
 efms Migration Report November 1998
The new federal commissioner for foreigners is Marieluise Beck of the Greens.
Beck expects of those foreigners who want to be naturalized that they should share a basic consensus with German democracy and calls for an end to treating foreign citizens as if they were "guests".
The new Commissioner for Foreigners, Marieluise Beck (the Greens), feels that self- support should not be a fundamental requirement and advocates granting an exceptional right to remain to unmarried refugees who have resided in Germany for five years and to families who have been here for three years.
www.efms.uni-bamberg.de /dnov98_e.htm   (1915 words)

  
 German minister lauds new immigration law   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
BERLIN, Germany (UPI) -- Germany`s commissioner for integration says passage of a law requiring immigrants to learn the German language and customs is her greatest achievement.
In an interview with Deutsche Welle, Marieluise Beck said she would have liked the 2004 Immigration Act to go farther than it did in easing settlement in Germany for highly skilled workers, the self-employed and foreign students.
Beck said she would have liked a point system like Canada`s, which ranks would-be immigrants according to qualities such as education and skills.
news.monstersandcritics.com /europe/printer_1044357.php   (158 words)

  
 Germany Home to Fewer Foreigners | Current Affairs | Deutsche Welle | 24.06.2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Commissioner for Integration, Marieluise Beck published a report on Thursday which clearly shows the fall in the overall number of migrants knocking at Germany's door.
Marieluise Beck said a big challenge facing Germany is integration, particularly in the case of children whose lack of German language skills often put them at a social disadvantage.
Bildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Marieluise Beck"If the children of immigrants are to be able to make full use of their potential, we shall need enormous effort by educators.
www.dw-world.de /dw/article/0,1564,1627472,00.html   (718 words)

  
 efms Migration Report August 2002
Marieluise Beck, the Federal Government Commissioner for Foreign Resident Affairs, has expressed concerns that the immigration reform could lead to a situation where only mandatory integration programmes for new arrivals will be funded, whereas subsequent programmes for migrants that have been residents of Germany for several years could be neglected.
In these cases, multiple nationality is accepted "pro forma" in order to spare persons entitled to political asylum the necessity of having further dealings with states in which they have been subject to persecution.
Marieluise Beck (Greens), the Federal Government Commissioner for Foreign Resident Affairs, has called the increase in naturalisations proof of "a positive trend towards integration".
www.uni-bamberg.de /~ba6ef3/daug02_e.htm   (1713 words)

  
 Language Chaos Could Hinder Citizenship   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Marieluise Beck,federal advisor on foreigners issues, insisted however that the states' ''room for manoeuvre'' in applying their own rules had been much reduced.
Nonetheless, Marieluise Beck,, said the country hoped to register more than one million new citizens next year, more than triple last year's number.
Beck noted that some 100,000 children are born each year in Germany to parents of other nationalities resident here, and there are another 700,000 children under the age of ten who can obtain passports if they apply within a year.
www.ips.org /rights/news/nup051299_22.htm   (1265 words)

  
 Islam Online- News Section   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Beck, also a member of the German Greens Party, said that the training courses for Muslim imams in German education centers will include language lessons and education in German cultural and legal norms.
Beck added that courses to teach German to immigrants, funded by local authorities, would be imperative for all immigrants from the next year.
A recent study by the think tank RWI showed that among the children and grandchildren of the first wave of Muslim immigrants to Germany, a sense of pessimism and feelings of exclusion are on the increase, Deutsche Welle said.
www.islamonline.net /English/News/2004-11/24/article05.shtml   (451 words)

  
 Migration News
Foreigners Commissioner Marieluise Beck released the annual report on foreigners on December 17, 1999.
It showed that more foreigners left than entered Germany in 1998--638,955 entered for stays of more than three months, and 605,500 left, primarily because Bosnians departed and there were fewer asylum seekers.
Foreigners Commissioner Beck estimated that there would be one million naturalizations in 2000, including 200,000 adults and 800,000 children.
migration.ucdavis.edu /mn/comments.php?id=2003_0_4_0   (746 words)

  
 Goethe-Institut - Internet - Topics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Edited by Marieluise Beck, the Federal Commissioner for Immigration, Refugees and Integration, the Manual is a guide to life in Germany designed for newcomers to the country who intend to stay for a while.
Marieluise Beck hopes that, for newcomers to Germany, the Manual will turn the very word "foreign" into a "foreign word as quickly as possible".
So it might have made sense in lieu of Stammtisch – which is evidently regarded as a popular German leisure-time activity along with going to the cinema and theatre and watching videos – to include tips on how and where foreigners and Germans can get closer together.
goethe.de /kug/mui/int/thm/en100681.htm   (555 words)

  
 Islam&Muslims in Europe *)
Attending the ceremony were representatives from government, institutes of higher education and other bodies, including Marieluise Beck, Federal Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration.
Beck said the academy should help make the diversity within the Islamic community more visible.
Thomas Krüger, the president of the Federal Agency for Civic Education, praised the future contribution of the academy in educating adult Muslims.
euro-islam.info /pages/news_germany_121904c.html   (508 words)

  
 Islam :: Headscarf Issue Rears its Head Again   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Over 70 women gathered in front of the symbolically significant statue of the Roman goddess Minerva -- the patron of teachers and the goddess of wisdom -- at the German parliament building in Berlin on Monday to plead for a more discerning and objective debate over the Muslim headscarf.
The group, which sees itself working independently of political and religious considerations, signed an "appeal against a headscarf law." Initiated by Federal Commissioner for Integration and Foreigners, Marieluise Beck, the protest initiative includes politicians from across the party spectrum, scientists and leaders from the church and media.
Monday’s protest is now focussing on four German states, which are scrambling to impose a ban on headscarf-wearing teachers in the aftermath of the September ruling.
religionnewsblog.com /5285-Headscarf_Issue_Rears_its_Head_Again.html   (818 words)

  
 iss4pg3
Schilly stressed that the new government’s aim was to integrate foreigners already resident in the country rather than increase the number of dual nationals.
Beck noted that Germany had the lowest birthrate in Western Europe and an ageing population.
She stated that foreigners made a net contribution of $60 billion a year to the economy, vital to support Germany’s pension and social security demands.
www.transcomm.ox.ac.uk /traces/iss4pg3.htm   (2185 words)

  
 Islam Online- News Section   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Chief among the signatories are Federal Minister of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture Renate Künast, Federal Government Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration Marieluise Beck and Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Aid Claudia Roth.
Beck snapped at plans by a number of German states to ban hijab in public institutions.
She said that such laws, if ratified, would hold in contempt religion-related articles in the German constitution, which state that all religions should be treated on equal footing.
www.islam-online.net /English/News/2003-12/04/article04.shtml   (535 words)

  
 Migration Information Source - Churches Help Sink German Anti-Discrimination Bill
In May, the Green's coalition partners, the Social Democrats, expressed readiness to bring the anti-discrimination bill before parliament with the aim of implementing a European Union (EU) directive from 2000 that commits member states to preventing discrimination on the basis of race and ethnic origin by no later than 2003.
Marieluise Beck, the federal commissioner for Germany's foreign population, hailed the directive as an "important milestone in realizing European measures to combat discrimination, racism, and xenophobia."
The bill, which would have affected the public's access to employment, services, and housing, also covered other areas of discrimination like gender, sexual orientation, and physical disability.
www.migrationinformation.org /feature/print.cfm?ID=28   (517 words)

  
 efms Migration Report February 2000
Beck presents "Report on the Situation of Foreigners in Germany"
The Federal Commissioner for Foreigners Marieluise Beck (Alliance 90/The Greens) presents the new "Report on the Situation of Foreigners in Germany".
The report is based on recent data published by the Statistisches Bundesamt (Federal Statistical Office), the Ausländerzentralregister (Central Foreigners Register), the Bundesanstalt für Arbeit (Federal Office of Employment) as well as on results of the latest research.
www.efms.uni-bamberg.de /dfeb00_e.htm   (1436 words)

  
 green   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Marieluise Beck (Green Party), the federal government's advisor on immigration and foreigners in Germany, suggests the visa should provide the foreign experts with the opportunity to settle in Germany for good, not just for a limited period of time.
Their families could take part in special social integration programs, Beck told the daily "Berliner Zeitung".
Beck added that asylum seekers and refugees, among them computer experts, should be allowed to work, too.
www.bbv-net.de /news/german/2000-0303/green.html   (406 words)

  
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Marieluise Beck is Member of the Bundestag and Federal Government Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration.
She is member of the German-Israeli friendship Society (DIG), the Society for Threatened Peoples (GBV) and of BUND (the German wing of Friends of the Earth).
Marieluise Beck was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit for this work, and was made an honorary citizen of the Bosnian municipality Lukavac.
www.glow-boell.de /en/rubrik_2/813_1227.htm   (7494 words)

  
 German News - English Edition Tu, 23.11.2004
If parliament passes the bill tomorrow, all beverage containers except those for milk, wine, and fruit juices will have a 25 cent deposit.
The government commissioner for foreigners, Marieluise Beck, has presented a 20 item concept for the integration of Muslims.
The integration of immigrants needed efforts from both sides, said Beck.
www.germnews.de /archive/dn/2004/11/23.html   (1440 words)

  
 International Movement for a Just World (JUST)
Stroebele's proposal was given the cold shoulder even by his own Green party, a partner in Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's ruling coalition, reported Agence France-Presse (AFP) Wednesday, November 17.
The proposal came amid rising calls from politicians like the Green Party's Volker Beck that moderate, young Muslims should be encouraged to integrate.
"Social exclusion and disintegration make young Muslims vulnerable to radical ideologies and hatred," Beck was quoted by
www.just-international.org /article_print.cfm?newsID=20000864   (659 words)

  
 Turks.US Daily News - Germans Outraged by Headscarf Ban Daily News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Berlin, Paris, GERMANY, FRANCE, November 13, 2003 - The new law passed by the Baden-Württemberg state in Germany, prohibiting the wearing of headscarves in public places, has evoked outrage.
Union 90/ Green Party Federal Parliament Deputy Volker Beck called the law contradictory to the constitution's impartiality and an enemy of adaptation.
German governmental head of immigration and integration Marieluise Beck said yesterday that discriminating against Islamic practices would exacerbate the issue.
www.turks.us /article.php?story=20031114051455352&mode=print   (209 words)

  
 International News : Number of foreigners drops by 600,000 over recent years in Germany: Official, ( Kerala news, India ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Commissioner on migration Marieluise Beck said the fall was mainly caused by a decline in immigration and Germany's quickening of its naturalization rate.
The number of foreigners now stands at 6.7 million, and the country's total population is around 80 million.
Over one million people have secured German citizenship over the past five years, among which 800,000 through the naturalization process and the rest under the legislation allowingchildren born in the country with foreign parents to claim citizenship, Beck said.
www.keralanext.com /news/index.asp?id=240370   (641 words)

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