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German test for immigrants: new rules

There is a language test especially for immigrants—the German Test for Immigrants (DTZ). With it, they can prove knowledge at levels A2 and B1. Since January 2023, there are new rules. Anyone who wants to take the DTZ exam must either have a valid entitlement to attend an integration course or attend a course section of the integration course beforehand at their own expense. A course section (module) comprises 100 hours of instruction. At the Volkshochschule (VHS) Tübingen, for example, the full-day language exam costs 150 euros. Listeners of the VHS Tübingen, it says on the VHS homepage, get a… Read More

Money for blankets and food

Von Brigitte Gisel Earthquake victims in northern Syria are still receiving hardly any outside help. TüNEWS editor Youssef Kanjou organizes support on his own initiative. “We are collecting money for northern Syria because of the earthquake. Because people are not getting enough aid and they don’t have enough food.” The appeal reads breathless, desperate—and that’s the situation. “They are doing very badly,” Dr. Youssef Kanjou says of his mother, brother and family and cousins who live in Jenderes in northwestern Syria near the border with Turkey. “They lost everything,” says the former director of the National Museum of Aleppo, who… Read More

Faster visa appointments for Syrians from earthquake regions

The visa process for Syrians affected by the earthquake in Turkey and Syria has been eased. Above all, this means faster appointments for the application. People from Syria can apply for visas at German missions in the region—such as Istanbul, Beirut, Amman and Erbil. This was the response of a press spokeswoman of the German Foreign Office (AA) to an inquiry from tünews INTERNATIONAL. There will be more appointments at the visa offices in Beirut and Istanbul for family reunification with Syrian nationals in Germany who are eligible for subsidiary protection, according to the AA website. There will also be… Read More

Germany as a destination for refugees in 2022

In 2022, 1.3 million refugees have arrived in Germany, including more than one million from Ukraine and 245,000 from other countries. Globally, 28.6 million people are currently living as refugees outside their country, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)—24 percent more than the previous year. The war in Ukraine has caused this sharp increase, with nearly eight million people from Ukraine, mostly women and children, seeking protection in Europe. War refugees from Ukraine are allowed to enter the European Union freely. Most of the refugees from other countries arrived via one of the routes that cross the Mediterranean Sea.… Read More

Help for migrants in the search for housing

People who immigrate from abroad or come to Germany as refugees are confronted with the challenge of looking for and finding a new apartment in Germany. Of course, having your own apartment is part of arriving and staying. However, the search for an apartment is often associated with many difficulties. Especially in the larger cities, housing is scarce and demand is high. The Federal Ministry of Housing, Urban Development and Construction (bmwsb) offers help and advice to migrants in their search for housing. In a brochure, there are many tips on how to find your own apartment as quickly as… Read More

Tübingen Foreigners’ Office only open by telephone

The Tübingen Foreigners’ Office will be closed from Monday, February 6, to Friday, February 10. It is moving to new premises. In urgent cases, such as a trip or taking up employment, staff can be reached by phone starting Tuesday, Feb. 7—daily between 1 and 4 p.m. at 07071 / 204-2550. Starting Monday, Feb. 13, visitors can use services provided by the Foreigners’ Office on site on the first floor of the building Bei der Fruchtschranne 5. There are a few changes. Visitors can get information and applications at a new information desk. The waiting room is in a separate… Read More

Certificate of fiction: Exception in Tübingen

“Expired residence permits for foreign citizens in Tübingen continue to apply.” This is what the city of Tübingen writes in a press release. This regulation concerns people who come from countries outside the European Union and want to stay longer in Germany. Those who have a valid residence permit and apply to extend it will receive a so-called fictitious certificate from the application until the decision. With the fictitious certificate, those affected can prove that they have submitted an application in good time and that they are staying in Germany legally until the decision is made. In Tübingen, there is… Read More

A new law should make it possible: from toleration to the right to stay

Under the complicated name of “Chancen-Aufenthaltsrecht”, there are new possibilities for refugees to stay who have not been recognized as refugees and are only “tolerated”, i.e. obliged to leave the country. The new federal law on this is to come into force on 1 January 2023, but still has to be passed by the Bundestag. In anticipation of the new law, the state government of Baden-Württemberg has decided to no longer deport “well-integrated refugees”. tünews INTERNATIONAL has already reported on this: https://tunewsinternational.com/?s=22101203 Who does the new regulation help? It applies to refugees with toleration who came to Germany before 1… Read More

Writing workshop for migrants

Leaving, arriving and moving on. These topics are aimed at people who have left their homeland and found a new home, perhaps a new home, in Tübingen. In a protected space, they can write about selected moments of their experience through impulses. The aim is to find their own expression for what they have experienced, to exchange ideas in the group and to formulate wishes for the future. German language skills (B1) are desirable, but the texts can also be written and translated in the mother tongue. The writing workshop is led by Sabine Stahl and accompanied by Jutta Verfürth.… Read More

Long-term tolerated persons should not be deported

Well-integrated tolerated persons should be given the prospect of staying. The state government of Baden-Württemberg has agreed on this. Those affected will no longer be deported with immediate effect. This applies to all refugees who receive a right to stay in Germany according to the rules of the planned Right of Opportunity Residence, as the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Migration announced in Stuttgart. The federal government’s right of opportunity to stay is to apply to all those who have lived in Germany for at least five years from 1 January 2022. This is intended to give foreigners without a secure residence… Read More

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