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German Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition agreed today on tough measures to spur the integration of migrants and refugees, including sanctions for failing to take part in programmes such as language classes. The deal, hammered out in six hours of late-night talks between Merkel's conservative Christian Union bloc and the Social Democrats, also included plans for new anti-terror legislation. The integration bill would take a carrot-and-stick approach, providing subsidised courses to help newcomers find their way in German life but, in some cases, denying residence permits to those who fail to take up the offer. "Germany now has an integration law, 50 years after the start of immigration," tweeted the leader of the SPD's parliamentary group, Thomas Oppermann. He was referring to postwar Germany's programme to invite Turks and other "guest workers" to fuel its economic miracle which was criticised for failing to provide millions of immigrants and their descendents a stake in German society and a path to citizenship. Under the new pact seen by AFP, federal funds would be used to create 100,000 jobs for asylum seekers receiving benefits. Those facing imminent deportation would be excluded but asylum seekers taking part in job training would be shielded from expulsion for the length of the programme. Refugees who abandon state-assigned housing would face unspecified consequences, but waiting periods for acceptance courses teaching German language and customs are to be slashed to six weeks from three months currently. "Learning the language is also necessary for temporary stays in Germany," the document states.
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German Chancellor, migrants, refugees, languauge classes, social democrats, German language
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