Germany's and the EU's current migration and asylum policy "severely violates the right to health as well as physical and mental integrity of migrants and refugees in Germany," several dozen medical charities and associations have said.
The appeal of a woman from Mauritania against her denied asylum request in Germany should not have been rejected, Germany's highest court said on Wednesday. The woman claimed to be born into a rigid caste system.
Syrian refugee Bjeen Alhassan has been awarded Germany's 4th national integration prize. Alhassan, who came to Germany in 2014, offers digital language training and other support to female refugees via a Facebook group.
The number of refugees and asylum seekers in Germany has decreased for the first time in almost a decade. About 1.77 million persons in total were registered as seeking international protection in Germany in 2020 according to the interior ministry.
An Iranian born canoeist, who was forced to flee his country in 2015, has just been given the green light to attempt qualification for the IOC Refugee Team at the Tokyo Olympics. It’s the next step on the way to an Olympic dream for Saeid Fazloula who lives and trains in Germany.
Mohammad Al-Masri started off selling vegetable seeds in Germany. He wanted to prove to the community that he is not disabled, and now he has his own booth where he sells his produce. He also provides agricultural advice to his followers on social media.
Becoming a pilot was one of his big dreams: Ali Noori was born in Afghanistan and grew up in Iran; during childhood he had to work to support his family. After he fled to Germany, he successfully studied for his glider license and says he has found his freedom.
Germany's interior ministry warns in a paper that there could be a rise in so-called "secondary migration" of recognized refugees traveling from Greece to Germany. According to reports, there already has been a rise in asylum applications of recognized refugees coming from Greece.
When hundreds of thousands of refugees crossed Germany’s borders in 2015, Chancellor Angela Merkel promised: "We can do it!" This is the story of how Iraqi refugee Raisan Hameed became a successful photography student.
A total of 118 migrants have left Greece Thursday on a plane bound for Germany. The transfer was part of a European effort to get hundreds of vulnerable children and their close family members out of camps on the Greek islands amid the coronavirus pandemic.
As the flow of refugees to Germany gained pace in 2015, the German chancellor, Angela Merkel promised: "We can do it!" Mohammed R. has his doubts, because among the refugees are the Syrian torturers from whom he fled.
Khalil Khalil came to Germany five years ago as a refugee, but he doesn't see himself as one now. He speaks German, has an apartment and holds a trainee position. This was only possible with collective action, he writes.