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Episode: Integration 2.0: why the old system in Germany fails (DS2025)
Description: How the German integration system is delaying integration, and what the russian propaganda has to do with it
Germany’s integration system was never built to help newcomers quickly find work. It was created decades ago for very different reasons — to slow things down, to keep migrants out of the labour market, to “protect” the status quo. That kind of system can’t suddenly start working in the opposite way. And today, with millions displaced by war, its limits are painfully clear. Long waiting times, endless paperwork, and wasted skills are not just personal tragedies — they are opportunities for Russian propaganda t...