Tuesday, November 30, 2004

Germany must do better on immigration / Expatica Germany, 29 Nov 2004

http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=52&story_id=14466&name=Germany+must+do+better+on+immigration%2C+say+labour%2C+business+chiefs+
"German employers and trade union leaders have joined forces to call for more to be done by politicians to improve the social integration of foreigners living in the country.

The appeal comes amid a continuing debate on immigration in which politicians of the centre and right have been demanding more effort from Muslims and other foreigners in Germany to adapt to the German way of life.

But employers' federation president Dieter Hundt and trade union federation chairman Michael Sommer said in a joint statement issued on Sunday it was up to politicians to create the conditions for a society 'which offers room

for different cultural identities and development opportunities'. "