TY - THES U1 - Master Thesis A1 - Atia, Sandra T1 - The Challenges facing the Syrian Refugees in Integrating in the German Society and Labor Market in Baden-Württemberg, Germany in 2015/2016 N2 - The Syrian Refugee Crisis in Germany has been lately a constant research topic in many fields; politics, economics, cultural, social and safety aspects etc. popping up in all the news worldwide. Everybody is concerned about it and tackling it from a different point of view. Some believe that it a mutual benefit to both the country (Germany) and the refugees. As Germany benefits a lot form the cheap labor of migrant workers in the different industries. Specially the fast growing industries like the rural ones. Others fear that they will weaken the German culture and economy. And that they are burdens on the national people and will cause many problems. In this paper two aspects of the challenges facing the Syrian refugees in Germany are discussed: the first is their integration and acculturation with the German society and the second is the challenges facing the refugees in entering the German labor market and case studies of Syrian entrepreneurs who developed their own family businesses in Germany are presented. The interviews were held with Syrian refugees in the state of Baden-Württemberg in 2015/2016 in Arabic language. The groups that were interviewed were in Villingen-Schwenningen and Stuttgart. An analysis of the cases presented along with the findings of the surveys and interviews are presented and finally some recommendations are suggested. KW - Syrian Refugees KW - Refugees Crisis in Germany 2015 KW - German Labor Market KW - German Economy KW - Acculturation KW - Integration KW - Refugee Entrepreneurship Y2 - 2016 ER -