Germany backs 'early warning system' against migrants
Germany will support a new European effort to stop migrants arriving in Europe. The joint platform will focus mainly on migrants trying to enter via Turkey and Greece.
Austria
Austria forces Afghans back to face war and terror
When Ali Rahimi arrived in Austria in September 2015, he was full of hope. Hope that he would be able to live in peace and learn to read and write. Since his deportation, he lives in constant fear for his life.
Bridging cultures with music: Basma's story
Basma Jabr, a young Syrian singer, has worked hard to get her music heard by audiences in Austria where she settled after fleeing war in Syria. Since coming to Austria, she has learned how music helps bring different cultures closer together
The Dublin Regulation – your questions answered
Will you be sent back to Italy if you had your fingerprints taken there, but then applied for asylum in another EU country? What happens if you are to be deported under Dublin but you refuse? We put these questions and more to a number of experts, including German lawyer Albert Sommerfeld.
Austria backs Seehofer's plan to stop migrants at EU border
Austria has declared that it supports hardline changes to European asylum laws proposed by Germany. The two countries want migrants stopped at Europe’s external borders and turned away if they do not have a strong claim for asylum.
Austria sends containers to house migrants on Greek islands
Austria has delivered 60 containers to Greece to help it shelter migrants in eastern Aegean island camps. Most will go to Samos, where fires destroyed several containers this week.
Austria persists with relentless hard line on asylum-seekers
Against the coronavirus backdrop, Austria's government remains a hard-line stance on immigration. It's continuing its policy of deporting well-integrated asylum-seekers, some of whom are qualified health workers.
Austria sends Greece containers to help ease accommodation in migrant camps
Austria has sent 181 containers to Greece to help ease the accommodation problem in the overcrowded migrant camps on the Greek islands.
Austria: 'There will be no waving them through at the border'
The governments of both Austria and Hungary have issued firm statements following Turkish announcements that it has opened its borders to allow migrants and refugees on towards the EU. Both Austria and Hungary say they will defend their borders to prevent a repeat of what happened in 2015 when hundreds of thousands of migrants and refugees entered the EU via the Balkan route.
Family and migration: Your questions answered
Lots of you have been asking us questions related to family status and migration. So we decided to gather up the most frequently asked questions and put them to a legal expert in the field of migration. Lawyers at the firm Schlun and Elseven which has offices in Aachen, Düsseldorf and Cologne responded to us. Here is what they said:
Germany and Austria disagree over refugee rescue mission
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz argued that Operation Sophia promoted human trafficking. Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel said that EU vessels beholden to bloc laws would be better than independent NGO boats.
Alma Zadic: The refugee who became a government minister
Alma Zadic was born in Bosnia. In the 1990s - during the war in the former Yugoslavia - she fled to Austria with her parents. In early January 2020, she was named Austria's new justice minister - the first minister in Austria with migrant roots.