Sebagai negara yang memiliki sejarah menolak dirinya sebagai negara imigran, Jerman pada akhirnya harus mengakui adanya jarak antara warga asli dan warga dengan keturunan imigran. Kemunculan buku kontroversal karya Thilo Sarrazin hingga debat mengenai Leitkultur membuat posisi imigran di Jerman, khususnya imigran muslim terdesak. Krisis ekonomi yang melanda zona-euro juga turut menimbulkan sentimen terhadap para imigran, terlebih ketika banyak kepala negara di Eropa juga banyak yang menyerang ide mengenai multikulturalisme termasuk di Jerman, ketika Kanselir Angela Merkel menyatakan multikulti Jerman telah gagal.

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As a country which has a history to deny themselves as an immigration country, Germany has to concede that there?s an enormous gap between Germans and the people with migration background. The publishing of a controversial book from Thilo Sarrazin to Leitkultur's debate puts the immigrants under pressure, especially to those Muslim's immigrants. The Economic crisis in euro-zone also increases the sentiment among the immigrants, especially when many European leaders condemn the idea of multiculturalism, including in Germany, when Chancellor Angela Merkel enunciated that Germany?s multikulti has failed.