Daten und Fakten zur Flüchtlingszuwanderung

Adult education is playing a key role in the extremely complex task of providing support for refugees as they integrate into the labour market and become able to provide for themselves to the satisfaction of all parties. This is exactly what is required for refugees to be received benevolently by our society and for them to be able to shape their lives to their satisfaction. But how can the necessary training and continuing education of refugees be organized and financed? How can adequate support be found if very little is known for sure about the target group? After making reference to the wave of refugee migration following the Second World War, this article examines the “superdiversity” and characteristics of the latest wave of migration. Valid data and facts are collected, explored and reflected upon. This information about the country of origin, age and sex distribution, level of education and professional competences of asylum seekers as well as their integration into the labour market makes it possible to identify concrete needs. The potential of the adult education initiative by the Austrian federal government and the provinces and of vocational schools for young people with educational disadvantages are also discussed. (Ed.)