Reception Wednesday: Merkel and Integration Work

reception wednesday: It is the first such meeting between Merkel and members of the Russlanddeutsche, or Russian-Germans, in recent years, said her spokesman, according to The Chronicle Herald. Merkel, who is running for a fourth term on Sept. 24, speaks fluent Russian. Chancellor Angela Merkel was hosting a private reception Wednesday for representatives of ethnic Germans who emigrated from the former Soviet Union, particularly from the late 1980s onward. The arrival of some 2.2 million Russlanddeutsche over the past 30 years tested the country's ability to assimilate large numbers of migrants, with mixed success. Where did integration work, where is it still lacking Those are possible questions for this conversation. This is a noteworthy group within the German population, Merkel's spokesman, Steffen Seibert, told reporters in Berlin ahead of the meeting. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.