Dribbusch (2014), on the occasion of the nomination of Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Macedonia as safe countries of origin, argues for more discussion culture rather than reductionist polemics. Unfortunately, she mixes economic migration and political asylum and does not questions enough, how these categories intermingle, blend, and are dealt with: “The economic integration of people who have come to stay, must be openly debated because a solely humanitarian appeal is not enough to create acceptance. The question is: should taxpayers in Germany be responsible for offering a Roma woman from Bulgaria and their children, or a young African from Chad, better life opportunities? The answer could be yes. But only if there is also integration assistance, that means, not only should asylum seekers been freed of [current] work interdictions, but should also been paid language courses and qualification measures. […] If one wants to open up new possibilities for a poverty policy, it is also appropriate to set limits. It is acceptable that Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Macedonia are now defined as “safe countries of origin”, to speed up the asylum process. The asylum applications from Serbia recently skyrocketed.” Dribbusch is right when she calls for more integration help that consist of concrete offers and not just acceptance. However, she conveys a very one-sided notion of the minority, if she portrays Rroma as “economic refugees”. She negates the well-educated migrants, as well as individual experiences of discrimination that exist spite the safety from political persecution. Moreover, Rroma only constitute a part of the migrants from the Southeast Europe. There are also a lot of ethnic Serbians, Macedonians, Bosnians and others, who migrate to Western Europe (compare Die Presse 2014, Kılıç 2014).  

• Dribbusch, Barbara (2014) Eintrittskarten zu vergeben. In: Die Tageszeitung (TAZ) online vom 25.9.2014. http://www.taz.de/!146551/
• Die Presse (2014) „Wer betrügt, der fliegt“ aus Deutschland. Aber wie wenige sind das? In: Die Presse online vom 26.9.2014. http://diepresse.com/home/politik/eu/3876026/Wer-betrugt-der-fliegt-aus-Deutschland-Aber-wie-wenige-sind-das
• Kılıç, Memet (2014) Kein “fauler Kompromiss”, weil der “Kompromiss” fehlt! In: MiGAZIN online vom 26.9.2014. http://www.migazin.de/2014/09/26/kein-fauler-kompromiss-weil-der-kompromiss-fehlt/

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