Swantje Falcke presents MiLifeStatus results at press meeting in Berlin

The press meeting was organized by Mediendienst Integration, as a run up to the upcoming federal elections of the Bundestag on 24 September, during which nearly 8 million people residing in Germany are not allowed to vote as they are not German citizens. Mediendienst Integration is a platform that provides media professionals with in-depth information about migration, integration, and asylum in Germany. 

Migrant Life Course and Legal Status Transition (MiLifeStatus) is a five year research project (2016-2021), led by professor Maarten P. Vink. MiLifeStatus studies the relation between migrant naturalisation and integration. 

A summary of the press meeting can be found here: 
https://mediendienst-integration.de/artikel/experten-kritisieren-einbuergerungspolitik-pressegespraech.html 

The German newspaper Der Tagesspiegel wrote an article about the press meeting, as well as the Munich-based newspaper Merkur: 

http://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/einbuergerung-millionen-menschen-in-deutschland-haben-kein-wahlrecht/20266074.html 
https://www.merkur.de/politik/vor-bundestagswahl-fast-acht-millionen-einwohner-duerfen-nicht-waehlen-zr-8642352.html