LINKS

General

• The State Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration
   
• The Federal Office for Migration and Refugees
   
• Federal Association for Unaccompanied Refugee Minors    
   
• Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI) 
       
• Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
     
• Federal Agency for Civic Education
   
• Refugee Council of Lower Saxony
   
• Information portal of the UNHCR
   
• Cooperative Migration Work in Germany
   
• State Commissioner for Migration and Participation in the State of Lower Saxony
   
• Migration and Participation – Perspectives for Lower Saxony (State of Lower Saxony)     
   
• ProAsyl - Germany’s largest pro-immigration advocacy organisation   
     
• Association of binational Families and Partnerships
   
• Antidiscrimination Agency
   
• Protection against Discrimination in Germany. A Guide for Refugees and New Immigrants
   
• Lesbian and gay association project "Queer Refugees Germany"
   

Arrival

• Consulates with their headquarters in Lower Saxony     
   
• Advice and support for citizens of an EU country and their families     
   
• Consumer Advice Centre - information available in several languages   
   
• Rights for all women
   
• Handbook Germany

Projects

• “Growing together”
   
• “Societal cohesion within our society” 
   
• “Welcome among friends”
   
• “Words help women”

Housing

• “Smoke detectors save lives” - information available in several languages

Vocational training - labour market

• Vocational training portal for Heidekreis   
   
• Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS)   
   
• Statutory minimum wage in Germany
   
• Portal for professionals  
       
• Coordination Centre for Education and Migration (KAUSA)   
   
• Temporary employment – do you know your rights?     
   
• Labour market participation for refugees     
   
• Recognising foreign professional qualifications - what are the costs?
   
• German Trade Union Confederation (DGB)
   

Health

• An overview of health care for EU citizens
   
• Non-profit organisation: Ethnomedizinisches Zentrum Hannover   
   
• Health insurance for foreign nationals in Germany   
   
• Network for Traumatised Refugees in Lower Saxony
   
• Heidekreis familiy guide
   
• Federal Ministry of Health
   
• Information about Dementia
   
• Zanzu - my body in words and images

Sport

• Football club for refugees     
   
• Sport and integration in Lower Saxony

Traffic

• Traffic regulations in Germany

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General

• Useful information to ensure peaceful coexistence  
   
• Waste separation

Health

• Helpline – violence against women     
   
• Pregnant, and nobody can know?     
   
• What to do in case of emergency     

Traffic

• The most important traffic regulations in Germany - ADAC 
   
• Basic regulations for pedestrians
   
• Basic regulations for cyclists
  
   

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Literature
 

• How the German asylum system works
   
• Welcome: how to support refugees... 
   
• Starting over: tips for teenage refugees     
   
• Unaccompanied minors in Germany    
   
• Welcome to Germany
     
• Welcome to Germany - a companion guide for unaccompanied minors in Germany