Immigration from Iran to Germany: Streamlining the Process with Web Tools

Dufault, William; Evans, Adeline; Fyock, Colin; Carty, Zeb

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Immigration from Iran to Germany: Streamlining the Process with Web Tools

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Germany has a long history of refugee resettlement. The number of global refugees has been on the rise for a while, most recently with events such as the Syrian Civil War, the Arab Spring, and the Ukraine-Russia War. Germany has been taking in a large number of refugees in reflection of this influx. In the wake of the civil unrest in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini, we anticipate a large influx of Iranian asylum seekers to Germany given the precedent of immigration from Iran to Europe. Iran has been one of the top ten refugee-sending countries to Germany for over a decade. With this continual increase of refugees arriving in Germany, we were left with the question: how do newly arrived refugees find the resources and support they need to thrive in their new home? The following paper explores this question through a mixed-methods study to understand the refugee resettlement process and access to resources and information in Germany. Our research primarily consisted of interviews with refugees and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Germany and content analysis on past studies, such as Berlin’s history with refugees and protests in the Middle East, to gain insight into the most difficult aspects of the asylum-seeking process. The most urgent categories of assistance to be included on our website were legal, social service, and community building. From our interviews with refugees, we identified that there were lots of helpful legal and social resources, but they were all very scattered. Despite the abundance of useful tools, many were difficult to find, limiting the amount of help they could provide. The solution we found and implemented is a web tool that provides a centralized location for legal and social assistance to refugees.

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