For refugee children who have missed school, participating in classes can be challenging, especially in a foreign language. A Berlin-based initiative tries to fill their knowledge gaps with free tutoring in Arabic on the weekends. InfoMigrants visited a class in Berlin to find out how the project is helping them get back on track.
The local media council said Arabic programing would add to the diversity of radio offerings in the German capital. Arabs from more than 20 countries live in Berlin.
After the death of an unborn baby, criminal charges have been pressed against two employees of a security service for denying the pregnant mother necessary assistance and possibly causing her to lose the child. The reception center operators, authorities and Berlin’s senate have promised to investigate the circumstances.
Although access to education is a fundamental human right, only one percent of the refugee population worldwide are enrolled in university. The photo exhibition titled "The Other 1 Percent - Refugees at Institutions for Higher Education Worldwide" wants to shine a light on this deficit by highlighting young refugees' often difficult path to attend university.
A group in Berlin is helping migrant and refugee women to gain confidence and mobility, and save money, by teaching them to ride a bicycle.
Diana Namusoke and Success Johnson fled violence and discrimination back home in Africa, only to be caught up in Germany's messy asylum system. Luisa Rollenhagen reports from Berlin.
Two Syrian girls, aged 15 and 16, were punched in the face Friday afternoon in Berlin by an unidentified man after he yelled anti-foreigner slurs at them, dpa reports. Another girl of unknown nationality was assaulted in a separate incident the same day.
Zena is an artist, a writer and an architect from Damascus. Being a refugee in Berlin has raised a lot of existential questions for her in her life.
Aram fled Syria in 2015. The 27-year old artist found safety in Berlin, Germany, but also misses home: "The sky color is different. The smell of the air is different. When it rains it’s different here than where I come from."
Many of the residents in Germany's largest LGBTQI home have fled homophobic violence and discrimination in the former Soviet Union. Why do some inflict violence upon each other, although they're sharing a common fate?
According to a recent study, almost 64 percent of Germans view the integration of migrants positively. It concludes that people who have direct contact with refugees are most likely to describe their experiences as harmonious. Those findings certainly ring true to the staff and guests of the Kreuzberger Himmel, a Syrian restaurant in Berlin run by refugees. Mike Mühlberger has the story.
Athil left Syria in 2015 looking for a safe place for his daughter to grow up. In Germany, he found that place. Here he is continuing his career as a professional musician, with its own challenges. His wish is that one day he will no longer be a visitor or a guest here, but a true citizen.