The recipient of the 2015 Reinhard Mohn Prize, former Bundestag President Rita Süssmuth, was honored for her pioneering efforts in creating a modern migration and integration policy for Germany.
The Bertelsmann Stiftung acknowledged as well her initiative in supporting migrants and their countries of origin. From 2003 to 2005, she worked as a part of the Global Commission on International Migration created by then-U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, winner of the Reinhard Mohn Prize 2013.