Development and
Cooperation

Digital monthly 2/2021

Diaspora

Labour migration

Preserving the lifeline of migrants’ remittances

For many developing countries, reduced remittances and less foreign-direct investment are a double whammy

The success of Kamala Harris, the first female, Black and South Asian vice president of the USA, is appreciated by women in Painganadu, the Tamil Nadu village her grandfather came from.
Migration

India’s diaspora is influential, though few members vote

Non-resident Indians (NRIs) have a bearing on the nation’s politics, society and culture

Giselle Zenga
Immigrants

Highs and lows of immigrant life in Germany

Three immigrants in Frankfurt tell their story

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Islam is part of Germany: Muslims break their fast at the Turkish-Islamic DITIB mosque in Göttingen in 2012.
Turkish immigrants

Divided community with identity problems

People in Germany with Turkish roots have identity problems – a situation fuelled by the Turkish president

A famous Burundian living abroad is the singer Khadja Nin, who lives in Belgium and was photographed here at the Cannes Film Festival in 2018.
Burundi

Burundi’s diaspora and its remittances are largely unknown

Burundi wants to improve its exchange with its citizens abroad

Daisy Tanja Scheffler (second from right) speaks with students attending a workshop on media skills that was organised by Future of Ghana and financed by the Telekom foundation.
Organisation

Making Black people visible and strong

The organisation Future of Ghana promotes and supports young people with African roots in Germany

A young man from Vietnam is trained to become a staff member in a retirement home near Munich in 2014.
Our view

Sharing fundamental values

Immigration benefits host countries and often also countries of origin

A Filipino nurse in a German hospital in 1993.
Diaspora communities

To Filipinos, labour migration is normal, not unusual

Masses of Filipino women live and work abroad

Workshop for young refugees at a vocational school in Wunsiedel organised by Ahmad Mansour’s Mind Prevention initiative.
Deradicalisation

“Teaching democracy is just as important as teaching maths”

Ahmad Mansour, expert in extremism prevention, calls for more democracy education in schools and integration courses