MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Germany’s proposed legislation on migrant integration is seeking to allocate refugees in places easier for adaptation, avoiding the formation of disadvantaged residential areas populated by refugees, a German Interior Ministry spokesman told Sputnik on Friday.
Earlier in the day, the German parliament discussed the First Integration Act, which was presented by German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere on May 25 and aimed at integrating refugees settled in the country.
"One idea is to avoid the formation of ghettos by allocating refugees to places where integration is easier for them, naturally in conformity with European and public international law," Tobias Plate said.
Other measures proposed in the draft bill is the creation of 100,000 work places for asylum-seekers, while they are waiting for their applications to be processed in Germany.
Germany has become a key destination for the migrants fleeing war and poverty since the start of 2015. The country’s interior ministry estimates that Germany received around 1.1 million registered migrants last year alone.
