Beratung bei Radikalisierung von Jugendlichen und Heranwachsenden

Decree of the Federal Ministry of the Interior dated December 13, 2011

Decree of the Federal Ministry of the Interior of October 26, 2017

Are you afraid that a person in your social environment is becoming Islamist radicalized? Then you can contact the Radicalization Counseling Center.

The Radicalization Counseling Center of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) supports you if you have the impression that someone close to you is turning to a radical Islamist group.

You can obtain basic information via the telephone hotline or - if you do not wish to make a phone call - by e-mail, and if you wish, you can be referred to further counseling services and facilities in your region. The experts at the Radicalization Counseling Center can also put you in touch with other victims and self-help initiatives.

You decide where further talks will take place. This can be at your home, in the counseling office or outside, for example in a café.

The common goal: to strengthen your relationship of trust with the person concerned so that you yourself can slowly bring them back from radicalization or prevent further radicalization.

In principle, all those involved will treat your information confidentially. However, if there are concrete indications of a threat to oneself and/or others as a result of the radicalization, the counseling center will involve the security authorities.

You do not need to submit any documents.

You can contact the counseling center without any further requirements.

You can take advantage of the consultation free of charge. If necessary, standard telephone or Internet charges will apply.

You can take advantage of the services offered by the Radicalization Counseling Center by telephone or e-mail:

Telephone Hotline:

• Call the counseling center's telephone hotline and describe the situation or your questions.
• You will receive an initial telephone consultation with a specialist.
• You will receive information about help offers and develop further options for action together with the counseling center.
• In individual cases, you will be offered and referred to personal counseling and support by a suitable office near your home.

E-mail contact:

• If you do not want to call the hotline personally, you can also write an e-mail and describe your situation.
• You will then receive an answer by e-mail.
• If you would like further counseling, you will be referred to it at your place of residence.

The duration of the consultation depends on the individual case.

The consultation takes place alternatively in

• German,
• English,
• Turkish,
• Russian.

• Counseling in the case of radicalization of young people and adolescents
• Initial telephone consultation for relatives, friends and teachers seeking advice if a person close to them could become Islamist radicalized.
• Options for making contact: by telephone, by e-mail and by contact form
• Personal, initial telephone consultation:
  • Provision of basic information and
  • Advice on further options for action
• Referral to cooperation partners for personal counseling and care close to home in their own locality
• Referral to self-help groups
• Counseling in various languages:
  • German
  • English
  • Russian
  • Turkish
• free of charge
• responsible: Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF)

Forms: none

Online procedure possible: no

Written form required: no

Personal appearance required: no