Stepping up deportations has been a key objective of Germany's coalition government. But the policy continues to suffer setbacks and it is particularly problematic in the city state of Berlin.
Yazidi refugees from Iraq are being granted protection less frequently in Germany, according to a report published in the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung regional newspaper. This comes despite the fact that Germany has classified the crimes carried out against Yazidis by the so-called "Islamic State" (IS) terror militia as genocide.
The German Bundestag recognized the massacre of Yazidis by jihadists from the so-called Islamic State in Iraq as "genocide."
Legal proceedings began in Germany and Spain on Wednesday against suspected former members of IS. In Spain, two women repatriated from Syria after marrying IS members were remanded in custody on terror-related charges. In Germany, a woman accused of being an IS-member went on trial in Koblenz.
People fleeing the Middle East are taking a new route to reach Europe via the small Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, according to research by German journalists. Armed with visas from Moscow, the migrants are putting their lives at risk to make the difficult journey.
German police has arrested four suspects who are accused of smuggling at least 300 migrants and refugees from Syria and Iraq to Germany. Police say that the men charged up to €10,000 per person.
Police in the UK have arrested a 32-year-old man suspected of having played a key role in the fatal Channel crossing incident one year ago. The man was detained in southwestern in the UK town of Cheltenham following a joint investigation by UK and French authorities.
A man who was being held in the Manston migrant processing center in Kent has died. He is believed to have crossed the English Channel in a small boat nine days ago. The cause of his death is unknown.
Two men said to be people smugglers were taken into custody in Hungary on Monday following a car chase in which they opened fire on police. 21 migrants were found inside the suspects' van.
Idris Hassan is an Iraqi Kurd. He arrived in Sicily in July 2022. Before that, he claims never to have been to Italy. He was living and working in Sweden, as a chef, before he was deported to Italy. His story is not the only case like this, say those who work at the reception center where he is living.
Latvia’s government has rejected accusations by the human rights organization Amnesty International that authorities mistreated migrants, including children, at its border with Belarus.
The former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has received the UNHCR's highest award for her efforts to welcome more than 1 million people to Germany in 2015 and 2016.