Regional ungleiche Teilhabe – Geduldete Fluchtmigranten und duale Ausbildung in Deutschland

Ambiguous goals, uneven implementation – how immigration offices shape internal immigration control in Germany

“…It is beyond the scope of this paper to provide a clear answer as to why interviewees employ which logic. Looking at potential explanatory variables, the examples given in the previous chapter highlight the obviously influential role of superiors, in line with earlier research (Ellermann, 2009;Eule, 2014;Schreyer & Bauer, 2014). Their specific political affiliation, gender or local labour market factors have not been found to convincingly explain variation in the case study context, however.…”

“…Third, Germany's institutional setting provides a relatively high autonomy for immigration offices in exercising internal immigration control. Several sources indicate that the administrative application of work permit issuing varies regionally to a significant extent (Breidenbach, 2017a;OECD, 2017;Schreyer & Bauer, 2014). This regional variation arguably violates a core principle of the liberal state, namely the principle of equality of treatment and fairness.…”