The latest events in Germany have once more put a spotlight on crime among refugees and migrants in Germany. However, official statistics tell a different story than the media.
Police said Tuesday that the drive-by shooting of a 26-year-old man from Eritrea in a small town in western Germany was "very clearly" motivated by xenophobia. While the Eritrean survived the shooting, the suspected shooter later died, presumably from a self-inflicted wound.
A German court sentenced 22-year-old Iraqi national Ali B. to life in prison for raping and killing a 14-year-old girl in Mainz. The man had admitted to murder but insisted that he and the girl had consensual sex.
Four asylum-seekers are set to plead guilty to assaulting passers-by on a Bavarian street in December. The incident led far-right groups to call for vigilante activity and lawmakers to call for tighter deportation laws.
More than 300 police have conducted raids across Cologne in an effort to break a suspected people-smuggling operation. Police searched properties at two locations in the city and arrested two suspects from Iraq.
A Syrian refugee, who has been in trouble with German police multiple times, was sent back to Syria at the end of March. His return to Damascus has been fervently discussed by the Syrian community who see it as a repatriation despite a block on sending anyone back to Syria. The German authorities have denied it was a forced return.
A Syrian asylum-seeker goes on trial in Dresden on Monday, accused of involvement in the murder last year of Daniel H. in Chemnitz. The case sparked massive far-right unrest in the city. What do we know so far?
The trial of Ali B., accused of raping and killing a teenage girl, has commenced under tight security. The defendant has confessed to the murder but has denied the rape charge.
Iraqi national Ali B. is set to go on trial for the murder of 14-year-old Susanna F. The case has fueled a broader debate about asylum practices in Germany, particularly for individuals who have committed crimes.
Police recently launched a new policy that takes on criminal clan families in Germany’s large cities. But how much of an impression have the first raids really made? And will hard-line enforcement alone be enough?
German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer wants to introduce tougher deportation laws in Germany and make it easier to send criminal foreigners back to their home countries. Who exactly gets deported from Germany?
A Syrian asylum-seeker has been charged with manslaughter over a killing that triggered violent protests and clashes with police. But German authorities said one of the main suspects is still on the loose.