A migrant will succeed there but you will need to speak German fluently - without that you cannot succeed.
800,00 Syrian refugees to large degree have managed to integrate with their new homeland and many have taken steps to become citizens.
800,00 Syrian refugees to large degree have managed to integrate with their new homeland and many have taken steps to become citizens.
I moved from Hong Kong to UK. We studied English for 10+ years back then, and I had worked in full English environment for years. Still struggling with talking in English with local people. The accents are different, the choice of words are different, sometimes we preferred to use simple words etc. The results is I can probably understand 60-70% what the other person says, and vice versa. Fill the empty holes with guess game and I feel I sound like a total idiot in conversations sometimes. The worst part is either side repeating the same word two or three times, because the word already known to both is pronounced differently. My confidence in my English ability went from 100% to 0% in a few months.
At least for some places I can use email and I'm definitely feel much better when I can just read and write.
If you work in IT or media, often even English is enough.
Navigating public service can be really hard though, even if you speak perfect German, but especially if you don't.
The folks I worked with (IT) understood and spoke English rather well.
Of all the countries I lived/visited (US, England, Turkey), the Germans are most uptight about people speaking their language correctly. I have heard similar stories about France, but I don't know first-hand.
The complexity of the German language combined with the expected level of competency lead to non-native speakers being thought of as less competent or not integrated enough for the German society.