The Social Inclusion of Yazidi Kurds in the German Society

Abstract

The study aims at identifying the level of social inclusion among a sample of Yazidi-Kurd immigrants living in Germany, as well as the significance of the differences in social inclusion according to some demographic variables (date of immigrant, age and gender). The study relied on the descriptive survey method through the application of a questionnaire prepared for the purposes of the current research. As the validity and reliability of the test tool were verified, on a sample of (200) subject (male and female) were randomly selected from among the immigrant Yazidis living in Germany’s Oldenburg and Dresden. The data were processed statistically using the SPSS software, and the results showed that the level of social inclusion of immigrants from the Yazidi Kurds in Germany is high. It was found that there were no significant differences in the level of social inclusion among immigrants in the date of migration, age, as well as in gender. In light of the results, a number of recommendations were presented.