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Integration (8/8)

Turkish and German fans mingled in good spirits in Berlin during the Euro 2008 semifinal match between the two national teams. But integration for Germany's 2.6 million Turks and other ethnic minorities has not been easy.

Germany recruited hundreds of thousands of Turks, Italians, Greeks, and Yugoslavians as "guest workers" during the 1950s and 60s. Many stayed and started families, even after the German "economic miracle" ended in the early 1970s. Today, foreigners in Germany are twice as likely as Germans to be unemployed and dependent on social welfare. Children of immigrants are less than half as likely to attend Gymnasium, the secondary school track leading to university. (Photo: Reuters)