Fact check: What's the 3+2 regulation?
The 3+2 regulation allows asylum seekers to stay in Germany to complete vocational training, even when their asylum application is rejected. Here's a look at how it works.
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Fact check: Who gets deported from Germany?
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?
Fact check: Migrants along Bosnian-Croatian border face stand-off with Croatian authorities
Many migrants are stuck along the Bosnian-Croatian border, as Croatian border police keep pushing them back into Bosnia. There are now reports that they have suffered instances of violence and theft by those authorities.
Fact Check: Are migrants really being abused in Libya?
The situation in Libya remains dangerous, with human traffickers selling migrants as slaves and exploiting them for personal gain. In response to many queries online, we have compiled some facts on migrant abuse in the transit country.
Fact check: Italy's new immigration decree
Italy's new security and immigration decree is intended to regulate immigration and public security. It has been pushed by the interior minister, Matteo Salvini. So what will change for migrants if it is passed?
Fact check: MySkills, a test to assess job qualifications
The new MySkills initiative helps skilled migrants with no formal qualification to gain access to the German job market by taking a test in their field of expertise. Let's take a look.
Fact check: Migrants in Libya
News reports in the recent months have confirmed that people smugglers are increasingly abusing migrants for personal gains, and human rights organizations constantly warn of human rights abuses and dire conditions in Libyan detention centers.
Fact check: The European Asylum Support Office
The EU wants to have a bigger say in asylum proceedings, with "expanded assistance" powers given to the European Asylum Support Office - or EASO. But what does EASO actually do?
Fact check: Fraud home visits by fake asylum officials
Germany's Federal Office for Migration and Refugees - BAMF - has issued a warning saying that there are people posing as their employees and questioning asylum seekers at their homes. Here's what you need to know.
Fact check: Church asylum in Germany
How does church asylum work in Germany, why is it considered controversial and what recent changes have come into effect?
Fact check: Benefits for asylum seekers
As a foreigner in Germany, you may be eligible to receive certain benefits. This is regulated by the Asylum Seeker's Benefits Act – or "Asylbewerberleistungsgesetz". But what does that entail and what restrictions apply?
Fact check: What's the EU Blue Card?
The EU Blue Card provides opportunities for highly-qualified or skilled workers from non-EU-countries who want to work in the EU. Let's find out what the conditions are to apply.