Indicator history

The report by the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge, BAMF) states that persons of Turkish origin constitute the highest segregated migrant group in Germany followed by persons from the former Soviet Union [1, p.58/59]. These results refer to a study in 2007 of a Berlin-based institute (Arbeitsstelle für Interkulturelle Konflikte und gesellschaftliche Integration am Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, AKI) and to a study based on datasets of the Microcensus 2006, which is provided by the Federal Statistical Office (Statistisches Bundesamt, Destatis).
Another study indicates, that approximately one third of Turkish foreigners live in city districts where the proportion of persons of Turkish origin is twice as high as the average proportion in the whole city [3, 194 ff.]. In earlier studies, persons of Greek origin were amongst the highest segregated groups [2, p. 404].
All studies fail to take German nationals with migrant background into account. This shortcoming may lead to an underestimation of ethnic segregation in Germany.

The DIW report 2010 confirms that Turkish migrants are the highest segregated group and lies by about 210 per cent, that of Italian migrants by about 150 per cent, that of Eastern Europeans (Poland and former USSR) by about 130 per cent, and that of the Balkan by about 100 per cent. In comparison, Western Europeans show a deviation of only about 10 per cent [4].
Further, with regard to the second generation of migrants, the so-called TIES-Study published in 2011 indicates that significant levels of housing segregation can be noticed among the second generation of Turks and, to a lesser extent, among persons from former Yugoslavia [5].

Source:

1. Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge, BAMF) (2008), Daten zu Wohnverhältnissen und innerstädtischer Segregation von Migranten, Working Paper 21, http://www.bamf.de/SharedDocs/Anlagen/DE/Publikationen/WorkingPapers/wp21-wohnen-innerstaedtische-segregation.pdf?__blob=publicationFile, Accessed on 12.12.2011.
2. Friedrichs, Jürgen (2008), Ethnische Segregation, in: Kalter, Frank (ed.): Migration und Integration. VS Verlag: Wiesbaden, 380-411.
3. Sachverständigenrat deutscher Stiftungen für Integration und Migration (SVR) (2010), Einwanderungsgesellschaft 2010: Jahresgutachten 2010 mit Integrationsbarometer, http://www.svr-migration.de/content/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/svr_jg_2010.pdf, Accessed on 23.01.2012.
4. DIW Wochenbericht (Nr. 49/2010): http://www.diw.de/documents/publikationen/73/diw_01.c.364396.de/10-49.pdf, Accessed on 23.01.2013.
5. Sürig, I. and Wilmes, M. (2011) ‘Die Integration der zweiten Generation in Deutschland Ergebnisse der TIES-Studie zur türkischen und jugoslawischen Einwanderung’, Osnabrück, Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (Institut für Migrationsforschung und Interkulturelle Studien, IMIS), Vol. 39/2011, p. 140, available at: http://www.imis.uni-osnabrueck.de/pdffiles/imis39.pdf, Accessed on 25.01.2013.