Disturbance and fire at Bavarian migrant center leaves 11 injured
Four residents of the hostel are to appear in court charged in connection with a disturbance. A fire at the facility caused some damage and eleven people were injured.
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German man sentenced for setting his dogs on Syrian father
A 24-year-old has been given a multi-year prison term for goading his dogs to attack a Syrian family in Magdeburg. The man also allegedly attacked other people, including those with foreign backgrounds, in recent months.
Europe's apathy toward humanitarian rescue outrages NGOs
Aid organizations SOS Mediterranee and Doctors Without Borders (MSF) are being forced to end their life-saving Mediterranean rescue mission. MSF managing director Florian Westphal told DW the situation is "catastrophic."
Nadia Murad: One woman's fight against Islamic State
She escaped from a living hell: Nadia Murad gives a face to the thousands of Yazidi women who were raped by members of IS. Her efforts to end sexual violence as a weapon in war earned her the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize.
UNICEF poll shows 44% of young migrants depart alone
More than half of a group of 4,000 young migrants and refugees said they were forced to leave their country of origin, and 44% of them traveled alone, according to a new UNICEF survey.
EU gives up on migrant redistribution quotas
The European Commission has decided to give up on the redistribution of obligatory migrant quotas in order to get past a stalemate on the reform of the Common European Asylum System.
Global migrant numbers up 20 percent
Migrants of working age make up 4.2 percent of the global population, and the number is growing. A UN report notes how poorer countries are increasingly supplying labor to richer ones to their own detriment.
German human rights institute criticizes exploitation of migrant workers
A report by the German Institute for Human Rights says German labor laws are utterly inadequate in protecting foreign workers' rights. Foreign laborers are often forced into hardships out of fear of losing their jobs.
Inside Europe: Making Waves for refugees in Berlin
Think refugees and boats and images of overcrowded inflatable boats probably spring to mind - desperate people risking their lives for a new life. An ambitious art project in Berlin wants to challenge that perception by working with refugees to build a luxury boat to explore the city's waterways and create a floating space for dialogue. Guy Degen visited the Making Waves project to find out more.
Under lock and key: Asylum seekers in detention
European law says 'an asylum seeker shall not be detained on the sole reason of seeking international protection or having entered and/or stayed in the country irregularly.' So if the irregular entry by migrants is not a criminal offense, when is the detention of asylum seekers allowed? And what is the reality in Europe?
Germany considering 'points system' to deport asylum seekers
Germany’s national criminal police agency the BKA has proposed a points system for law-breaking asylum seekers. Under the proposal, those who accrue 60 points would be deported.
German Bundestag votes to support UN migration pact
A majority of German parliamentarians has voted in favor of a global pact aimed at regulating migration. Despite its nonbinding nature, the pact has increasingly come under fire from populists across the world.