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Albert-Peter Rethmann: Shaping Integration. Models and criteria of a responsible integration policy
This essay deals with the theological and ethical foundations of the integration of migrants and discusses current questions of migration politics in Germany (integration courses, nationality law, family politics etc.). It concludes that integration is not a one-sided act of assimilation of the migrants. Integration depends on the good will of the members of the host society to shape immigration and integration in a such a way that all justifi ed interests of all concerned are duly respected. An ethically responsible legal framework and the integration of migrants into the everyday life of the host society must complement one another in this.