Immigrants and their political concerns are increasingly relevant for party competition. Parties do not only try to attract the immigrant-origin population through policy proposals, but also present immigrant-origin candidates to the voters. However, parties differ in their immigration-related policies and also in the number and background of immigrant-origin candidates. Based on manifesto, candidate and regionalized mass public data, the paper tries to identify party-specific responses to the calling of integration immigrants, their concerns and their politicians into the political process. It is expected, that parties differ generally, with respect to the regional concentration and composition of the immigrant-origin population and in the way dealing with immigrant-origin politicians. These differences, if corroborated by empirical findings, are considered to be caused by tradition, ideology, but also strategic and tactical considerations.
