Of Bonn's 337,415 inhabitants, around 97,000 people have an immigrant background. This accounts for 29.3 percent of the total population. Turkey, Syria and Poland are the main countries of origin out of a total of around 180 countries. After German, the most common languages in Bonn are Arabic, Turkish and Polish. (Source: City of Bonn, Statistics Office, as at December 31, 2018)

Integration is an ongoing task in which everyone must participate. No single person can integrate on their own, nor can integration be decreed. It is a process in which the state and all stakeholders in society must participate - just like the immigrants themselves, of course.

There are high barriers in many areas: For example, access to education and work in Germany is associated with many difficulties, as is access to the healthcare system or the housing market. Sometimes it is formal obstacles that cause immigrants to struggle for many years, sometimes it is structural discrimination that affects Germans as well as migrants (e.g. people of color, Muslims, etc.).

At many social and structural levels - from the federal government to local authorities - there are increasing efforts to finally remove obstacles and hurdles and to combat racism and discrimination more decisively. This is the only way to create opportunities and participation and achieve equal treatment.