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Valuing diversity: guidance for labour market integration of migrants

Figure 12 Germany: first residence permits by nationality of third-country citizens
(%), 2011

Turkey, 9.7
United States, 8.2

Others, 39.1
China , 7.7

India, 5.8

Russia, 5.7
South Korea, 2.0
Japan, 3.4
Afghanistan, 2.3
Kosovo, 3.0
Iran, 2.4
Ukraine, 2.9
Serbia, 2.5
Brazil, 2.7
Iraq, 2.7
Source: Eurostat, first residence permits. Online data code [migr_resfirst].

Some countries have been regular destinations for refugees and asylum
seekers and the structure of their immigrant communities is well reflected in the
residence permits data. In Austria, for example, over 30% of first residence
permits in 2011 were attributed to citizens from former Yugoslavian states.
Sweden is also high on the list of States that refugees and asylum seekers
choose, seen in the citizens with origins in places where there has been a recent
history of armed conflict or political persecution, such as Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq
and Somalia.

3.2.2. Education outcomes
Evidence shows that children of foreign-born parents have, on average, lower
education results than the children of nationals (Eurostat, 2010; OECD, 2009;
OECD 2012). The results of the children of foreign-born parents born abroad
(young migrants) are, on average, worse than the results of the children of
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immigrants born in the receiving country (OECD, 2009) ( ), accounting for the
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effects of schooling, socialisation and stronger mastery of the local language ( ).

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( ) This observation is strongly supported by cognitive testing results in PISA data.
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( ) As a general case, also, children born in the receiving country tend to receive the
nationality of the country of residence, thus benefiting from full national rights.

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