“You have an (imaginary) emigration-ability-score of x…”
Have you ever wondered what it takes to become a „successful“ immigrant? To achieve a decent standard of living even though your education might not be accepted? Is there a…
Building fences is not a solution
My name is Julia and, though I'm German, my husband keeps telling me that I'm more French since I was born on the "left side of Rhine river" in Palatinate.…
Budge an inch and take an interest in Germany
How do the Germans see their multicultural society, especially in the light of current influx of migrants? I had an opportunity to sit down with my two good German friends…
There are good and bad people everywhere
What words do you know to describe someone who is not a German? That's a tough question ... well ... I think it does not make any difference anymore.... we…
Arbeit and a better life
What words do you know to describe someone who is not a German? People who come to seek asylum - asylum seekers....immigrants… But the main point is that there are…
How to find a new destination when life has happened to you?
Sometimes life just happens. You studied something but then the economy spirals down in your home country and there are no jobs. Or you fall in love with somebody and…
Rejection guaranteed!
I live in Germany since I was 20 years old, now am 40. I was born in the city of Nis in Serbia. I came here with my family because…
A long road ahead
America, where I was born, is an immigrant society. Everyone is an immigrant one or several generations back. I think, USA is the best example of the importance of immigration in…
The Beggar of Lavapies
The lines on the page shackled her thoughts – 'the mirror tells her the best years of her life have been wasted'. Wasted was how she felt although it was Springtime…
From Mare Nostrum to Mare Mostrum
From the operation Mare Nostrum that, as claimed by several advocacy groups, saved thousands of lives at sea in 2014 to the new operation Triton, that only saves borders and…
No pains, no gains
Good morning, world! I am Josefine and I have been in Germany since 21 years already. I reside in a small town Frankethal. It is located in the south-west part of…
Germans are my type of people
My name is Soheon Kim, I am 24 year old and I am from South Korea. I finished my Bachelor’s degree in one of the best universities there, with a major…
Absolutely enriching
Positive aspects of multiculturalism stay more and more in the background and public debates concentrate predominantly on immigration, its economic advantages and disadvantages and movements against foreign influences. In the light…
In conversation with writer Hidir E. Çelik
Hidir Çelik was born in 1960 in Tunceli, Turkey where he completed his secondary school education. Immediately afterwards, he joined his family in Germany where he worked in a metal…
The best part of Multicoolty
The best part of our project is meeting so many people from all parts of the world and with different backgrounds. One day you meet a miner from Kazakhstan, the next day…
Labelling Migration: making sense of the hodge-podge of terms
We all recognise the need to label and be labelled, so what’s all the fuss, you might ask? For quite a few years now, discussion has been ongoing on the…
Ali, Zoe and the Gentrification debate
My German is getting better because of Ali... A friendship of no happenstance. Meet Ali and Zoe. Ali, Zoe and the Gentrification debate by Kelly Miller from Collidoscope Berlin You…
TV, The Treasury Minister, and third culture kids
Tommy is a child of combined cultures,… he has both an Israeli and Dutch passport… but even though he was born in Berlin he can’t be a German citizen (without…
I love Germany for all of its quirks
My name is Kathleen Ralf and I teach Humanities and English at an International School near Frankfurt. My family and I have moved to Germany from the United States five…
Being a foreigner isn’t all bad
My name is Olga and I'm Polish, my husband is German and we live in the Netherlands. I studied the German Language and Culture in Warsaw and Media Culture in…
Dreaming of a pair of jeans
"To cramp yourself in the nationality is, in my opinion, stupid. I think nationality, as a concept, is outdated. I think it will play smaller and smaller role in our…
A world citizen
I consider myself a world citizen. I am Indian because I carry an Indian passport and because my geographical region is called India, but I have multiple identities. If there…
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