The Socio-economic Impacts of Refugee Migration in Germany: Special Reference to 2015-2018

Abstract

Refugee migration is an important disputable factor in the world which occurs due to various severe situations such as war, violence and persecution. Germany hosts refugees not only in the past time periods but also increasingly in the present context. Therefore, this study has made an attempt at providing an account and analysis of the social and economic impacts of refugee migration in Germany. The main objective of this research is to identify the socio-economic impacts of refugee migration in Germany with specializing the time period from 2015 to 2018. In addition, one other aim is to discuss contemporary trends of refugee migration in Germany by concerning several institutions and policies which relate to refugees. This study illustrates Lee’s push pull theory because it relates with the reasons for refugee migration regarding the country of origin as well as the host country. The research is fundamentally based on secondary sources and necessary information was gathered from relevant books, statutes and conventions, scholarly journals, historical data, several publications, web information, newspaper articles and periodicals. The study finds that, most significant effects of refugee migration are associated with both positive and negative conditions on the areas such as social security, diversity of nationalities, cultures and religions, education, health conditions of local population, public expenditure, labor market, employment and unemployment rate. In order to convert the challenges often associated with hosting refugees into opportunities for Germany, responsible authorities and institutions should formulate more comprehensive and stable processes to guide future measures and policies aimed at utilizing the status of Germany and its hosting of refugees by minimizing social and economic impacts of refugee migration