Boniface Mwangi is one of many people who have left their homeland because they no longer see any job prospects there. The Kenyan civil engineer arrived in Germany a few months ago and spoke with Katharina Wilhelm Otieno.
Born during the war in South Sudan, twin sisters Anna and Lily Nadai now live almost 12,000 kilometres apart. Their story shows how lives can begin identically but unfold completely differently.
Following the outbreak of war in Syria, the journalist Mohamad Melli embarked on a dangerous journey to Europe in 2015. He now lives and works in Germany and wants to build bridges between cultures.
When the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh escalated between Azerbaijan and Armenia in 2023, a large number of the region’s inhabitants fled to Armenia. Despite the support they have received there, not all of them have managed to gain a foothold in society.
Both migrants and host societies have to do their part so that everyone benefits in the end. Instead of allowing the migration debate to shift towards fear and exclusion, we should talk more about how integration can succeed.
Htoo Myat Khin from Myanmar trained as a nurse at Marburg University Hospital and says she found the support provided by the integration programme very helpful.
Faced with one of the world’s largest forced displacement crises in neighbouring Venezuela, Colombia made a bold choice: Since 2021, displaced Venezuelans have been eligible for residence and work permits.
Functioning basic infrastructure is one of the prerequisites for the integration of refugees. In Pakistan, a WWF initiative is helping to supply internally displaced persons (IDP) with drinking water.
The number of people forced to leave their homes has soared. They have to start from scratch in societies that are sometimes completely foreign to them. Whether they succeed depends not only on their own ability to adapt, but also on the host societies.
