Overview

• A federal survey shows 19 percent of respondents experienced unfair treatment by government agencies and 9 percent labeled it discrimination.
• People with migration backgrounds (33 percent), disabilities or chronic illnesses (30 percent) and those with low socioeconomic status (42 percent) reported higher rates of bias.
• Sixteen percent of participants felt unfairly treated by the police and 6 percent identified those encounters as discrimination.
• Ninety-five percent of respondents said the state should set an example in anti-bias protection and 80 percent backed independent complaint offices.
• Ferda Ataman called for extending the AGG to federal authorities and for every Land to establish ombud offices using Berlin’s LADG as a model.