This paper employed a widely accepted theoretical concept, the 'theory of migrant networks' to look at the recent immigration and absorption experience of ethnic Germans (Aussiedler) from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union in Germany. Consistent with network theory, the social background...

This paper employed a widely accepted theoretical concept, the "theory of migrant networks" to look at the recent immigration and absorption experience of ethnic Germans (Aussiedler) from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union in Germany. Consistent with network theory, the social background...

With the enlargement of the European Union, new bordering countries emerged in the East which are characterized by comparatively low incomes and living standards, incomplete democratization and a number of latent political conflicts. Against this background it can be expected that migrations...

Die Zuwanderung nach Deutschland und die Integration von Migranten in die deutsche Gesellschaft findet seit einigen Jahren hohe Aufmerksamkeit, und statistische Informationen über das Zuwanderungsgeschehen und über die in Deutschland lebenden Migranten werden angefordert. Denn um eine...

With the enlargement of the European Union, new bordering countries emerged in the East which are characterized by comparatively low incomes and living standards, incomplete democratization and a number of latent political conflicts. Against this background it can be expected that migrations...

Die Zuwanderung nach Deutschland und die Integration von Migranten in die deutsche Gesellschaft findet seit einigen Jahren hohe Aufmerksamkeit, und statistische Informationen über das Zuwanderungsgeschehen und über die in Deutschland lebenden Migranten werden angefordert. Denn um eine...