Migration

Overcoming loneliness while adjusting to life in a new country

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Immigrants and expats often experience loneliness as they are adjusting to life in a new country. Here are some things to keep in mind as you settle in.

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Get real help: migrant advising in Leipzig

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"Migrating is heavy business. There's a lot of uncertainty and stress and systems you don't understand but have to grapple with. The first thing I teach people I'm mentoring is: always use all of your resources."

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AfD shooting from the hip

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One has to ask who the constitutional lawyer for the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) is, when Frauke Petry (AfD Sachsen) quotes sentences out of context to support the use of weapons at Germany's borders to discourage refugees from entering.

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Looking behind the tolerance slogan

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"Refugees are Welcome" used to be a slogan of the Left. Now it is of the Right.

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Seven generations of migration

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"I wanted to understand where I came from and what made me who I am. Actually, I was inspired by Thomas Mellon, a 19th century Irish emigrant to the US who wrote: 'If you would know yourself, begin with the study of your forefathers.'”

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The source of the refugee crisis

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During the last weeks European policymakers have been fighting with each other over the best way to respond to the current refugee crisis. However difficult the political negotiations are – they are a mess; much worse than the Greek debacle, as far as integrity of EU institutions are concerned – no refugee relocation and integration

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