Migrants and asylum-seekers in eastern Poland say they have been illegally pushed back to neighboring Belarus multiple times without due asylum process. DW reports on the humanitarian crisis from the border region.
People from as far as Cuba are heading to Belarus to try to enter the European Union. But pushbacks and violence along the Polish border mean that fewer migrants are succeeding with their plans. The EU believes that Belarus is deliberately sending migrants across the border to destabilize the bloc.
The new Bundestag mirrors society: People of color, LGBTQ+ activists, people with different professional backgrounds. That more parliamentarians have their roots in migrant communities represents a huge opportunity.
Paris has accused former colonies of not doing enough to allow illegal immigrants to return. Algeria has summoned the French ambassador in response to the decision.
Greek Migration Minister Notis Mitarakis said relying on the EU Pact on Migration is not enough in the fight against undocumented migration, and called on individual governments within the Med5 region to make use of their own legal frameworks for better results.
Italian Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese has said that some proposals in the European Union's New Pact on Migration and Asylum are "unacceptable" for Italy and other Mediterranean countries.
In 2015, now-outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel allowed more than one million migrants and refugees, many of them from Syria, into Germany. In the years that followed, many were granted refugee or special protection status. Some have taken up German citizenship, in time to vote in the upcoming German election on September 26, and help choose Merkel's successor.
Around 60.4 million people are eligible to vote in the 2021 German national election, including 7.4 million citizens with migrant roots. But the manifestos of the six most popular parties differ greatly when it comes to migration and asylum policy. We summed up where the parties stand regarding integration, deportations and other relevant issues.
About 90 Afghan nationals who had been evacuated by the US Army and taken to the Ramstein US air base have applied for asylum in Germany. The number of Afghan asylum applicants in Germany continues to rise sharply.
Germany’s interior ministry has said that it is observing the increasing number of asylum seekers from the Republic of Moldova coming to Germany with concern, especially in the capital, Berlin.
The Afghan diaspora in Turkey live in fear: xenophobic sentiments are at an all-time high, as migrants are being blamed for many of the country's woes. And politicians are trying to cash in on those popular sentiments.
The EU could tighten visa requirements for Gambians following Banjul's refusal to accept deportees from Germany. Experts say Gambia's decision to reject its citizens could have wider consequences.