The task of socially integrating refugees in Germany is putting our education system to the test like never before. This becomes evident when one takes a look at recent national and international studies on the situation of migrants in educational institutions, and in the transition to vocational education, which show the reduced prospects of success and the diverse disadvantages of people with migrant backgrounds. Anselm Böhmer discusses the multitude of corresponding empirical findings as well as the educational models which underlie them, and proposes concrete measures for breaking down institutional discrimination in the education system and for the advancement of the integration of refugees through educational processes.
