The Effects Of Migration On The Culture Of Germany And France

Patricia B. Strait’s article, “When Societies Collide: Part Three: Finding the Best Fit Immigration Model” (2011), showcases multiple immigration models for countries to choose from. Countries look at its current factors to determine which model is appropriate. No model is necessarily the best, but instead, Strait emphasizes finding the most fitting model for a country's historical, cultural, demographic, and economic prerequisites.

What have been the similarities and the differences regarding immigration between the 1880s-1924 and the post-World War II era until 1964? This will be the main question toward which my essay will be about. To answer this question I will highlight the main characteristics of these two period and compare different institutions, organizations, and legislations around immigration during these two periods. Then I will conclude by pointing out the main similitudes and the differences between these two periods.

Shawn Pogatchnik shows how important the fact that so many migrants are trying to flee to Germany and other EU countries by using statistics. Pogatchnik states that the EU countries “...has seen more than 332,000 migrants enter so far this year.” He also says that Germany “...is expecting to take in 800,000 migrants in this year.” When people read the article, they realize that what is going on must be bad enough for hundreds of thousands of people to want to flee their own country to enter another European country.

Immigration has always considered as contentious in the United States. More than two hundred years ago Benjamin Franklin concerned that German settler would overwhelm many predominantly British culture of the United States. In mid-nineteenth century an Irish immigrants were scorned as lazy. In the early twentieth century believed that a gesture of "new immigrants"-Poles, Italians, Russian Jews were too different to ever be assimilated into American life. Today, the fears are used against immigrants from Latin America, but critics are wrong, just as were their counterparts in earlier times. In this report we need to study the relation of diverse people contribution in United States and the countries culture. (McLaughlin, 2006)

The book, Migrations and Belongs, written by Dirk Hoerder, dealt with the experiences people faced as they migrated in voluntary and involuntary migrations. Chapter four, “Migrations during War and Depression” focused mainly on forced migrations. This chapter dealt with the fact that after World War I, people were forced out of their homes. There was a new concept that was emerging and becoming increasing popular, the concept of nationalization. People wanted their country to consist only of the people of that origin. They wanted the un-mixing of people which led to widespread involuntary mass migration. There were such places that were open to new immigrants such as the Soviet Union, but places like Germany and France for example wanted

Globally, there are estimated 191 million immigrants with 60 percent living in the developed nations. European countries accommodate about 33 percent, the U.S. accommodates 20 percent and the rest of the 60 percent are scattered in different developed nations. Immigrants usually leave their country of origin in search of security and better-quality life. However, these people live in constant fear, exploitation, harassment, and even abuse. Without proper documentation and advocacy, immigrants continue to suffer in shadows of the natives. The suffering of the immigrants is not something contemporary. In the 1870s, a wave of Germans moved to the United States looking for greener pastures only to be exploited

The Germans immigrated to the United States mainly in the 1850’s-1880’s. German peasants would receive free passage to America but would be required to work for a businessman for 4-7 years to repay the cost of the voyage. The population boomed in the Americans, and the population depleted in large amounts in Germany. In the 1850’s, around 1 million people immigrated to the US from Germany. Then in the 1870’s, around 723 thousand Germans came. In the final major wave, in the 1880’s, around 1.445 million Germans immigrated to the New World. In a total of 30 years, that is a total of 3 million Germans. There way of getting to the America’s, was by boat. In the 1850's small farmers and their families left southwestern Germany. Soon after, artisans

As we stepped in to 21st century, humankind still faces poverty, insecurity, diseases and warfare. Often causing massive amount of migration to a safer land that offers better and secure future. Immigration brings its own challenges that is almost unique for every immigrating humankind and hosting nation. Therefore, immigrants face issues that they have never faced or even thought about. Trying to cope through unseen issues and even putting core values on the line, immigrating often have very interesting challenges.

The article shows the state of immigration in US, Germany and the Great Britain. According to the article, thesethree nations have the highest number of immigrants in the world. Some of the reasons that the article give as the triggering factor behind many people immigrating to these nations is to seek better opportunities such as jobs. Due to the nation’s state of peace many people also get attracted to go stay there as the state of peace in their nations depredates.

(Note: you will give specific instances( 3-4) from various countries’ immigrants for the reasons given under each category. Give time period, country and specific push or pull factor.

The United States is an epicenter of opportunity, and gives everyone the chance to chase their dreams and become successful. This opportunity for men and women to pursue their own definition of happiness is what has attracted so many to immigrate; and it’s these immigrants that have built America. People have come from every corner of the globe to find this “city upon a hill” and ‘“light among nations,” and the largest group among them: the Germans. German immigrants and those who have descended from them have aided in laying the foundation on which this country was established, by instilling principles and culture derived from German heritage, and participating in aspects of American society that have, and continue to influence those all across

As a German immigrant during the late 1800s, I came to the United States for a better future, mainly seeking opportunity for financial and religious freedoms. President Theodore Roosevelt thought the immigration of new people was awesome and was making America a “melting pot” (Vecoli, 1996). I fled my home country of Germany because of financial burden and disappointment with the government. Throughout this journal, I will explain some mental, physical, and social issues I experienced as I made America my new home.

In this respect, it is worthy of mention that such a situation with the migration is the result of the recent trend in the world economy which is characterized by processes which are generally called globalization. The process of globalization is overwhelming and involves practically all countries of the world with rare exceptions which

As immigration continues to increment in developed countries, several changes within a country’s culture tend to drastically occur. Since the 1990s, the time period in which immigration became visible as the main focus of public policy leading to major impacts within the democratic elections worldwide, modern democracies such as the United States and European countries are currently facing the issue which includes the questioning of how many immigrants to accept, what rights or special services should be provided for them and so on. Many see this issue as a positive impact towards the country, by immigrants enriching its’ culture and also as an economic contribution towards the country itself. However, there are those who believe that immigration should be highly controlled and that it deteriorates a country as many immigrants may come into the country bringing negative attributes, which leads to the question: Do immigrants benefit or damage culture?

Germany is quite accepting of immigrants and they are very welcoming. Germany has the second largest immigrant population in Europe, United Kingdom is the largest. Immigrants have contributed greatly to the prosperity of the German economy. A representative study shows that “foreign workers in Germany significantly contribute to the Bundesrepublik’s prosperity” (Lorenz, 2017). At any rate, the German economy is suffering from labour shortage and is urgently in need of immigrants to “counter an ageing demographic”. Germany” needs its immigrants to be doing much more than making doner kebabs — it needs them in its banks, its government offices, universities, and IT companies” (Sampath, 2016). Based on data from the OECD and the German statistics office, the study shows that Germany’s cultural diversity happens to be a major contributor to its economic success. Immigrants make up “9.6% of the population and one in five Germans has a migration background. The fact that Germany’s immigration rate is so high only tells half the story though” (Lorenz, 2017). The number of foreign specialists in Germany’s main industries is what really stresses the importance of immigration. Studies have proven that “relatively poor performing Bundesländer, with fewer foreign workers, could positively influence innovation and economic success by attracting talented personnel from abroad” (Lorenz, 2017). Also, as stated by Movinga, “the impressive number of companies with risk capital and the number