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Germany to take in migrants from Italy under EU solidarity mechanism
Germany plans to take in migrants from Italy under the new EU solidarity mechanism, which seeks to reduce pressure on southern and EU border states.
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Migrants try to leave Crete using forged travel documents
Police on Crete last week stopped 22 migrants who were trying to leave the Greek island using forged foreign passports.
Saarland suffers housing shortage for refugees
A further 2,000 refugees from Ukraine are to be accepted in the German state of Saarland, however the ongoing housing crisis is making it harder for the local government to find suitable accommodation.
Is support for Ukrainian refugees waning in Germany?
The outbreak of the war in Ukraine was met with an outpouring of humanitarian support from volunteers across Germany. How strong is the solidarity with the refugees after almost six months of war?
Rejected by Malta, rescue ship seeks safe port
The civil rescue ship Sea-Eye 4, carrying 87 migrants, was refused permission to enter a port in Malta at the weekend and has continued on to southern Italy in the hope of being able to dock there.
International students who fled Ukraine face deadline to leave Germany
Ukrainian refugees in Germany can easily apply for a two-year residency permit.
Taliban blocking Afghan evacuations to Germany: report
A year after the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan, Berlin's efforts to evacuate thousands of at-risk Afghans are stalling.
Man charged with murder over 1991 asylum shelter fire
A man has been charged with the murder and attempted murder of people staying at a shelter for asylum seekers in western Germany in the early 1990s.
150,000 Ukrainian students now attending school in Germany
More than five months after the beginning of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, over 150,000 Ukrainian students are registered in German schools. The news comes as the number of refugees who've fled Ukraine reached the ten million mark this week.
Food scarcity hits refugees and displaced people the hardest, experts say
A German UNHCR partner organization has sounded the alarm over the ramifications of food shortages for refugee populations worldwide. The pandemic, the war in Ukraine and droughts are exacerbating humanitarian crises like the one in Yemen, the NGO warned.
Top EU court overrules German family reunification rule, backs migrant minors' rights
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has overturned a German rule on family reunification, thereby strengthening the rights of underage migrants. It ruled that the German practice of denying minors in Syria to reunite with their family in Germany violates EU law.
German rights group calls for halt in deportations to Poland
The German NGO, Pro Asyl, has urged the government to halt the deportation of asylum seekers from Germany back to Poland, citing concerns over conditions in detention centers and violations of international law.