The Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency offers counselling and information regarding any sort of discrimination based on age, disability and chronic diseases, racism/ ethnic origin, gender, religion/ belief and sexual orientation following the General Equal Treatment Act.
🔗Wording of the law - General Equal Treatment Act of August 2006
🔗Explanations and examples relating to the General Equal Treatment Act
🔗This association of organisations working with migrants and refugees gives information relevant for counselling and decision-making practice. It provides uncomplicated access of publicly available decisions and reports to persons and institutions involved in asylum and residence law procedures. It also offers information regarding the access to education and employment for immigrants.
🔗The Asylum Act regulates the legal requirements regarding the protection of asylum seekers in Germany as well as asylum procedures and procedural law.
🔗The Residence Act is the ventral law on residence in Germany covering the entry, residence and employment of foreigners in Germany.
🔗The Employment Decree sets the conditions under which foreigner (from outside the EU/ EEA) have access to the labour market in Germany
🔗This act regulates the access to services and benefits for asylum seekers in procedure, tolerated persons, etc. covering regulations on the amount and form of benefits, possible benefit reductions and health services.
🔗The website of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees offers general information for migrants and refugees regarding for example integration, education and employment.
🔗This law regulates the access to particular services and benefits regarding the rehabilitation and participation of people with disabilities and people at risk of disability.
🔗This act is intended to prevent the discrimination of people with disabilities and ensure their equal participation in society. Therefore, it contains among other things the accessibility of public spaces or in the areas of construction and traffic; the right to use sign language or other communication; provisions on the design of notices and forms or comprehensibility and easy language as well as provisions for barrier-free information technology.
🔗This act is a comprehensive package of laws providing more opportunities for participation and self-determination for people with disabilities.
🔗These guidelines offer information and advice for counsellors at the intersection of the disability law the residence act in order to provide better guidance for immigrants with disabilities.
🔗All over Germany there are migration advice centers. Through the web portal of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees anyone can look for a center closed to where they live. Free migration advice is for example offered by the Workers' Welfare Association, the German Caritas Association, the Diakonisches Werk der Evangelischen Kirchen in Deutschland, the German Equal Participation Welfare Association, the German Red Cross, the Central Welfare Agency of the Jews in Germany, the Federation of Expellees
🔗This is a database that provides links to local advice centres in the federal states, where refugee councils or other organisations offer information via local counselling centres.
🔗The EUTB supports and advises people with disabilities and people in danger of becoming disabled as well as their relatives regarding the topics of rehabilitation and participation in society. The service is offered nationwide and free of charge.
🔗The portal Migration and Health provides information about the German health care system for migrants as well as full-time and volunteer helpers assisting immigrants. In addition, it offers access to publications in about 40 languages.
🔗This study guide offers a detailed overview on social rights and their eligibility criteria for refugees. (e.g. access to the labour market, language courses, child allowance, social benefits, etc.)
🔗The federal comissioner fort he affairs of persons with disabilities represents the interests of people with disabilities and influences political decisions and actively accompanies legislation, which might affect them. The commissioner informs, advices and spreads the idea of inclusion.
🔗The federal comissioner for migration, refugees and integration promotes the integration of immigrants living in Germany and therefore develops integration policies further, counteracting xenophobia and unequal treatment.
🔗The web platform offers essential tips on all kinds of aspects for people, who are new in Germany, like for example asylum, housing, health, education, work, etc. They also give information for people with disability and a migrant background.
🔗The Welcome App Germany offers information about living in Germany, provides practical orientation, explains processes of migration and integration and names contacts.
🔗This practical guide offers advice for companies wanting to employ migrants and refugees and use diversity as a resource.
🔗This platform offers advice for companies regarding the employment of people with disabilities, including practical examples.
🔗This association is the largest self-help and professional association for physically disabled people in Germany. It also functions as socio-political representation of interest and umbrella organisation. It is therefore an expert and critical counterpart to legislators, government and administration in order to improve the living conditions of disabled people and their families. On the specific site on migration and disability at the end there are important terms in German, Turkish and English.
🔗This association unites disabled people, their relatives and friends regardless of the type of disability. The aim of the association is the promotion of self-determination and assistance for people with disabilities as well as the public and political representation of them.
🔗The article provides a basic overview regarding the regulations of accessibility in Germany, which mainly covers public institutions (e.g. accessible building, accessible information – easy language, sign language, etc.)
🔗The German Caritas made a survey within their own facilities about the situation of refugees with disability. This article summarizes the results and gives an overview, including a video with an example as well as an interview.
🔗This paper provides a brief overview on the situation of refugees with disabilities in Germany and gives specific guidance for improvements directed at the policy level.
🔗The project intends to establish basic structures with nationawide impact in the fields of networking & advocacy, capacity building and empowerment of refugees with disabilities.
🔗There is an integration office in each federal state of Germany, which has the task to support and secure employment for people with disabilities. Among other things, the integration office needs to agree before a disabled employee can be dismissed by the employer, due to the specific dismissal protection for people with disabilities. The integration offices are financed through the countervailing charge (DE: Ausgleichsabgabe), which needs to be paid by companies with less than 5% of employees with disabilities.
🔗This platform provides information and guidance regarding all kinds of topics in relation to living with a disability, e.g. employment, studies, health, mobility, sexuality, art & culture, housing, sports, etc. It also has a section on migration.
🔗The German Disability Council is an alliance of German associations for people with disabilities.
🔗PRO ASYL is an organization for human rights and refugee protection in Germany and Europe.
🔗In each federal state in Germany there is a refugee council as independent representation of refugee self-organisations, support groups and solidatory initatives.
🔗The Caritas in Germany is organized as catholic social welfare organization. It supports disadvantaged people through numerous facilities (e.g. kindergartens, nursing services, residential homes for people with disabilities, family centres, etc.) in the whole country.
🔗The Diakonie is the social service of the Protestant church in Germany and supports people on the margins of society.
🔗The Workers' Welfare Association belongs to the German social welfare organisations taking care of the socially weak in society based on the fundamental values of solidarity, tolerance, freedom, equality and justice.
🔗Der Paritätische is one of the German social welfare organisations. It is an umbrella organization of more than 10.000 independent organisations, institutions and groups in the social and health care sector.
🔗The DRK is the national Red Cross Society in Germany and umbrella organisation of social welfare. It is dedicated to a wide range of tasks in humanitarian and social work.
🔗The Central Welfare Office of Jews in Germany is an umbrella organisation for Jewish organisations and welfare institutions.
🔗The Johanniter are active in a wide range of charitable and societal areas in the tradition of the Protestant Order of St. John.
🔗The Malteser Hilfsdienst is one of the largest charitable service providers in Germany focusing on the Christian service to people in need.
🔗The ASB is a nationwide, charitable aid and welfare organisation independent from political parties and denominations. It is active among other thigs in elderly care and nursing, palliative care, child and youth welfare as well as disability assistance.
🔗The Volkssolidarität is a social and welfare association active in the field of social services.
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