Psychotherapist and social entrepreneur Amal Abbass has been awarded this year's Women's Prize in Berlin on the eve of International Women's Day. The German of Sudanese descent has been working against discrimination for decades.
A Syrian woman in Berlin has died more than two weeks after a fire at a residential building that also housed refugees. While authorities are still investigating for a possible arson attack, activists and different media are questioning the police's handling of the case.
Local state governments across Germany are calling on the federal government to boost funding for resources and accommodation for increasing numbers of refugees. But the interior minister announced at the refugee summit that the country will stick to its budget.
Germany took in more than 1.2 million refugees in 2022. Ahead of a policy summit in Berlin, DW looks at how this has impacted different towns in very different ways.
It has been nearly a year since Nigerian student Collins Okoro's life was uprooted because of the war in Ukraine. Collins fled to Germany where he arrived with little money and just a few clothes. He had to navigate through all the bureaucratic snags, never knowing what would happen next. Where does he stand now?
The number of cases of church asylum has been on the rise in Berlin in recent months. The German capital has a long history of hosting people seeking protection in churches.
After the New Year's Eve attacks on police and rescue workers in several German cities, the political debate about the causes of the violence and Germany's integration policy continues to gain momentum. In Berlin, 145 people, most of whom were under the age of 25, were arrested by police in connection with the riots.
The number of asylum seekers in the European Union has increased significantly in 2022, according to a media report. In Berlin, meanwhile, the accommodation situation for migrants and refugees continues to be tense as the number of asylum applications keeps rising.
A private security firm tasked with safeguarding an arrival facility for migrants and refugees in Berlin is facing serious accusations. Aside from alleged blackmail and coercion, employees of the firm are said to have sold beds and appointment cards to refugees.
There is growing controversy about government plans to build a new asylum processing center at Berlin's new airport. A group of refugee charities has now issued a statement against the so-called entry and exit center, saying it amounts to little more than a detention facility.
A temporary refugee shelter at a former airport in Berlin, Germany, will be expanded to accommodate 3,600 Ukrainians. Many municipalities in Germany have had to create makeshift accommodation, as refugee arrivals have spiked this year.
Nigerian student Collins Xavier went to Ukraine with the hope that it would catapult his career. But then the war changed everything. Since escaping Ukraine, Collins is now trying to restart his studies in Berlin and get his future back on track.