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About the migration counselling
for adult immigrants

The counselling service "Migration counselling for Adult Immigrants" (Migrationsberatung für erwachsene Zugewanderte, MBE), which is funded by the federal government, is part of the federal integration services. Since 2005, it has offered well-established contact points and counselling centers for people with an immigration history throughout Germany. The six umbrella organizations of the Non-statutory Welfare and the Federation of Expellees (Bund der Vertriebenen) are implementing the MBE and organise the counselling on site.

The socio-educational counselling and support of adult immigrants and their families is supplemented by networking in the local community. The counselling centers work according to high professional standards and to the great satisfaction of those seeking advice.

The counselling program is funded from the federal budget through the Federal Ministry of the Interior and for Home Affairs (BMI). The authority approving the funds is the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF). Counselling and support are provided on the basis of Section 45 1st sentence of the Residence Act (AufenthG) and Section 9 Paragraph 1, 4th sentence of the Federal Expellees Act (BVFG).

© Arbeitsplattform Migration der Wohlfahrtsverbände in der StädteRegion Aachen

Numbers and Downloads

205000
people reached
(2012)
402000
people reached
(2016)
534000
people reached
(2020)
593000
people reached
(2023)

Numbers and Downloads

204505
people reached
(2012)
401657
people reached
(2016)
534312
people reached
(2020)

Downloads

Booklet “Compass for every-day life in German”
Cooperation agreement (Example in German)
Info about MBE on bmi.bund.de
Info about Migration on bamf.de
MBEs guiding principles in terms of professional ethics (German)
Funding Directive (German)
10 years of migration counselling (German)

Organisations implementing
the Migration Counselling for Adult Immigrants

Migration Counselling is implemented by the welfare organisations
which are members of the Federal Association of Non-statutory Welfare (BAGFW)
and by the Federation of Expellees (Bund der Vertriebenen, BdV).
© Migrationsberatung für erwachsene Zugewanderte