The Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) stopped issuing approvals for integration courses without warning, according to course providers. Photo: picture alliance/dpa | Christoph Soeder ...

Language and education are key skills for people with a migration background so that they can participate in all areas of society and integrate successfully into society. If you want to live in ...

You would like to learn German? In addition to private language course providers, there are subsidized integration courses offered by the federal government and the state capital Stuttgart. Let us ...

How important is language acquisition to the integration of skilled immigrants? This is the subject of “Deutsch lernen für ein Leben in Deutschland” (Learning German for a Life in Germany), a report ...

State integration ministers have called for a more positive discussion around immigration, and better funding for language and integration courses throughout Germany. At a time when populism and ...

The German Interior Ministry is restricting access to voluntary integration courses for immigrants, citing budget constraints. Many critics consider this a disastrous decision. Müge Tuzcu Karakoc is ...

From April, the German courses for refugees in Austria will be reformed: In addition to classroom instruction, mandatory self ...

Government says public funding no longer needed after number of refugees entering country drops James Rothwell is The Telegraph’s Berlin correspondent. He joined in 2014 and has since worked as a ...

Worldwide an additional four thousand German teachers are needed. Language skills are the key to successful integration for immigrant students and skilled workers alike – hence the need for ...

“My philological studies have satisfied me that a gifted person ought to learn English (barring spelling and pronouncing), in 30 hours, French in 30 days, and German in 30 years.” – Mark Twain, “That ...