Undocumented migrants and asylum seekers often don’t know that they are entitled to fare reductions. Within the Île-de-France transport system, discounts may be available for them.
Solitude, too much time to kill and a need for money: All these factors make sports bets or gambling tempting for asylum seekers. We investigated the phenomenon in Germany, an Eldorado for slot machines and sports betting shops.
The Dutch migration minister has quit after coming under fire over how crimes involving asylum-seekers were reported. Mark Harbers' ministry placed offenses such as sexual assault and murder under the term "other."
Germany's far-right AfD party has attacked the Merkel government for reportedly spending 23 billion euros on asylum and integration last year, calling it a waste of public money on an expensive 'welcome party' for migrants. But the country's national public TV station ZDF says the amount that was actually spent on asylum seekers was much less.
The status of Syrians seeking asylum in Germany will not change, the government says. There had been fears that Syrians would have their claims rejected following a review of the security situation which the authorities kept secret.
Inhabitants of Fürstenfeldbruck, a refugee processing center near Munich, told DW of overcrowding, filth and bureaucratic limbo, leading to at least one suicide attempt. Bavarian officials say conditions are adequate.
The United States is to start charging asylum seekers a fee to have their applications processed. The move has been widely criticized as infringing on people’s right to seek protection. Could the same thing happen in Europe?
A group of migrants have pelted officers with stones as they tried to investigate the death of a woman at the migrant center in the southern German city of Regensburg. A three-hour operation ensued to remove her body.
Two Afghan families were forced to leave Hungary and return to Serbia this week after their asylum claims were rejected. The chief of the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has spoken out about the expulsion of the Afghans - among them a pregnant woman - calling it "a serious violation of international law."
Over the next few weeks, around 800 asylum seekers living in the Schweinfurt anchor center in northern Bavaria will move to another former US barracks nearby. Another 300 asylum seekers near Munich will move into a new outpost of the anchor center Manching over the next few days.
Rising numbers of migrants are entering Cyprus through the Turkish-administered north of the country, on order to gain access to the Greek-speaking southern part of the island which is an EU member state. But what’s the situation like for migrants on the ground?
Two Italian NGOs have filed complaints against the Rome police headquarters. Police are reportedly not issuing stay permits to foreigners without a stable residence. The NGOs say that this is illegal.