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Without migration Germany
and Europe would not exist in their historical and current form. It
is not only since the 19th century that people have moved from different
regions to the growing cities and industrial areas. Labor and commuter
migrants were already coming to Germany before this nation-state even
existed. Migration processes are part of the European experience and
the history of nation-states. The extent to which migration has influenced
society and played a constitutive role in the history of Germany and
the process of Europeanization is hardly rooted in the consciousness
of the public. Due to the policies of labor force recruitment promoted
in the Federal Republic of Germany in the post-war era and the contract
labor regulations of the German Democratic Republic, over five million
people with complex migration experiences live in Germany today. They
have had a substantial impact on German history, economics and everyday
culture. The fall of the wall brought about new patterns of movement
and residency, which have taken on a global dimension since 1989 and
opened up new perspectives, discourses and lines of conflict.
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