Refugee Migration 2014 to 2018 and Labour Market Integration

In the past, migration flows have contributed to the stratification of the German labour market. Recent migration exceeds the scale of the previous immigration and so the question arises: Will the integration of the new immigrants into the labour market succeed? Based on the categories of research into the conditions of successful labour market integration, we examine the ways in which the German labour market can accommodate the immigrants and how the process is currently being achieved. In principle, there are good opportunities to achieve a high level of labour market integration through active education, labour market and reception policy. This article clarifies the necessary measures. However, in the past years considerable problems have also become apparent in the process of suitably introducing the necessary qualification measures. This increases the risk of an underclass in the labour market, with refugees being absorbed into the precarious segment of the labour market which is linked to a permanent lack of participation opportunities for the migrants and costs for the welfare state.