Immigration society over time

For the third time in ten years, the Konrad Adenauer Foundation has conducted a representative survey of people with and without a migrant background. The study reveals some positive findings and developments between 2015 and 2024/2025. The overwhelming majority of over 90 per cent enjoy living in Germany. This has not changed over the last ten years. In addition, around 90 per cent feel comfortable in Germany. Around two-thirds of Germans with a migrant background and foreigners rate the political system in Germany better than that of their country of origin.

German citizenship is more popular than it was ten years ago. Over half of foreigners would like to acquire German citizenship. This is encouraging in that it demonstrates the integrative effect of German citizenship. Germans with a migrant background are more likely to support the German national football team. Foreigners, on the other hand, are more likely to support their country of origin. In addition, Germans with a migrant background are more likely to keep up to date with politics in Germany than people without German citizenship.

Many people are proud of Germany. Surprisingly, however, it is foreigners who are most often proud of Germany, followed by Germans with a migrant background, who in turn are more often proud of Germany than Germans without a migrant background.

In individual groups, larger minorities with problematic political attitudes stand out. Depending on the attitudes, this applies above all to people of Turkish origin, people of Polish origin, ethnic German repatriates, Orthodox Christians and Muslims. Depending on the group, this includes attitudes such as anti-Semitism, rejection of homosexuals, the belief that the West oppresses the Islamic world, or the acceptance of violence as a means of resolving conflicts in a democratic society. If shared by a significant number of people, these attitudes can lead to social conflicts and pose a threat to the stability of democracy.

Read the entire study “Einwanderungsgesellschaft im Wandel“ – Ergebnisse aus repräsentativen Trendumfragen zu politischen Einstellungen” here as PDF. Please note, to date the study is only available in German.