Germany’s various regional interior ministers are in the middle of a three-day meeting with the federal interior minister, Horst Seehofer. The meeting included heated discussions, and disagreement, over regional deportation policies. Why is this issue so controversial in Germany?
The 'Infobus' project offers free legal advice to refugees and asylum seekers in Munich. Because their volunteers were banned from offering their service inside reception centers, they went to court. Now, that court has ruled the 'Infobus' may not assist refugees inside the facilities without having been called for help.
Immigration of skilled workers, deportations, asylum seeker benefits – Germany’s Parliament has approved a comprehensive policy bundle about immigration and asylum. The new measures will open up the labor market to skilled migrant workers on the one hand, and facilitate the return and deportation of rejected asylum seekers on the other hand.
Two German universities are running courses to help qualify refugee teachers to work in German schools . Who can apply? And will they get a job after finishing the program? InfoMigrants spoke with the coordinator and its participants to find out.
Migrants in Germany are expected to learn the language and become familiar with the country's history, culture and legal system. That’s where integration courses come in. But what exactly are these courses, who can participate, and how many people are taking part?
Much has been accomplished, but there's still a lot to be done: That’s the conclusion of a report by migration experts in regards to the German government’s refugee policy. The council sees a positive development in the immigration act for skilled personnel in Germany.
"Hand in hand from the beginning" — that’s the motto of a new pilot program for the resettlement of 500 vulnerable refugees to Germany. Serving as “mentors,” groups of people commit to helping refugees find a new home and improve overall conditions for integration. In Canada and the UK, comparable community sponsor programs have existed for years.
The German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) has confirmed that it has put decisions regarding asylum for many Syrians “on hold.” According to reports by a German media group, the postponement is due to a reassessment of the security situation in Syria.
According to the European Union's statistics agency, more than 300,000 people were granted asylum within the bloc in 2018, a drop of nearly 40 percent compared to 2017. Almost 30 percent of beneficiaries were Syrians.
Only a tiny fraction of the Syrians who have fled as refugees to Germany have returned to their homeland using German government financial aid.
On Wednesday April 17, the German Cabinet decided on a raft of new measures for a draft law which will be put before the German Parliament. German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has been hoping to strengthen current measures in order to limit and better control asylum law in the country.
Syrian Mohamad Albayat came to Germany at the end of 2015 aged just 23. A few years later he has begun studying for a master's degree in mathematics in the hope of building his future in his new country. Between determination and loneliness, he tells InfoMigrants about his life in Germany.