The number of Iranian asylum seekers coming to Germany has risen significantly since the onset of the latest wave of protests in the country. That's according to a report published in the news magazine, Der Spiegel.
Germany has introduced a new humanitarian program to help evacuate up to 1,000 people facing persecution in Afghanistan each month. However, some have accused the program of being too elitist and lacklustre.
The campaign group working to free three young Africans known as the ‘El Hiblu 3’ has delivered an open letter to Malta’s Attorney General. The migrants from Guinea and Ivory Coast were arrested and accused in Malta of having committed multiple crimes -- including acts of terrorism and hijacking a ship.
The world was moved by Poland's solidarity with refugees from Ukraine. Refugees from elsewhere entering from Belarus, however, get a very different reception. Activists and volunteers help where they can.
German NGO Pro Asyl has awarded its annual human rights prize to Polish refugee aid workers. The recipients called the situation at the Belarusian-Polish border a "state of emergency that threatens to become permanent".
German human rights organization Pro Asyl is calling for a right of residence for victims of racist violence. The plea comes on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the racist pogrom of the northern German city of Rostock against Vietnamese and Roma communities.
The German NGO, Pro Asyl, has urged the government to halt the deportation of asylum seekers from Germany back to Poland, citing concerns over conditions in detention centers and violations of international law.
The German human rights organization Pro Asyl published a public appeal for help on behalf of 33 women's rights activists in Afghanistan. The organization pleaded for the women to be accepted immediately by the German government without further delay.
The German government is being urged to speed up efforts to bring Afghans at risk from the Taliban to safety. Three refugee groups have called for "swift and decisive action."
European Union and UNHCR officials have announced that Latvia, Lithuania and Poland still use "pushbacks and other violations of human rights" at the borders to keep migrants out. They added that they are also denying access to aid groups trying to help people in the border region with Belarus.
Afghan asylum seekers in Germany are increasingly succeeding in their appeals to German courts to be allowed to remain in the country, according to government data.
In light of the withdrawal of NATO troops from Afghanistan, refugee charity Pro Asyl has urged the German Federal Foreign Office to prepare a new status report and take into account the developments of the past few weeks.