“The Politics of Social Inclusion: Implementing Refugee and Immigration Policy in the New Germany: A Public Administration and Public Policy Perspective”

Harris, Paul A. (1999) “The Politics of Social Inclusion: Implementing Refugee and Immigration Policy in the New Germany: A Public Administration and Public Policy Perspective” . In European Union Studies Association (EUSA) > Biennial Conference > 1999 (6th), June 2-5, 1999, pages 41, Pittsburgh, PA.

Abstract

Both the 1991 Quota Refugee Law as well as the 1993 War Aftermath Compensation Law (henceforth 1993 KfbG) require the prospective immigrant to first submit an application for admission (Aufnahmebescheid) in their home country before legal entry will be approved. As a result of these measures, federal, state and local governments can better organize and coordinate their efforts in refugee and returnee resettlement. Since receipt of social welfare provisions as well as legal residency requirements are tied to this application procedure the government has been able to effect a greater degree of control in regulating the annual flows of Soviet Jews and Ethnic Germans entering the Federal Republic. Both policies lend themselves well to a study of this sort as both policies’ possess comparable policy-administrative attributes which permit closer analysis. Additionally, both are peculiar to the FRG based exclusively upon historical and humanitarian principles.