Right-wing extremist protests are on the rise and migrants continue to be targeted for violence. Has Germany's "welcome culture" come to an end? A new study by the Bertelsmann Foundation suggests otherwise.
An Italian church sexton originally from Burundi was reportedly beaten up by a man who called him the n-word and told him to "go back to his country."
Police said Tuesday that the drive-by shooting of a 26-year-old man from Eritrea in a small town in western Germany was "very clearly" motivated by xenophobia. While the Eritrean survived the shooting, the suspected shooter later died, presumably from a self-inflicted wound.
An Italian neo-Nazi group has insulted on Facebook Father Giacomo Martino, who is in charge of the Migrants office of Genoa's diocese for his work to help migrants in the port city. The priest responded saying he is ready to meet these "Facebook lions".
As the voices of hatred directed against migrants become louder and uglier in the lead up to European elections, pro-refugee and human rights groups are trying to drown out the haters with facts to counter the anti-migrant commentary. Will it work?
The EU did not provide support to Italy on the issue of migrants? Wrong, the European Commission President said on an Italian talk show.
Hate crimes and religious intolerance such as Islamophobia are on the rise in Spain, according to figures from the country's interior ministry and the Movement Against Intolerance. That group said there is also a rise in anti-Spanish sentiment in Catalonia.
A primary school on the Greek island of Samos is at the center of a controversy after a group of local parents refused to send their children to school. Their protest is indicative of a growing frustration among local Greek communities over the arrivals of refugees since 2015.
Asylum applicants in Germany's eastern states are far more likely to be the victims of hate crime than those in the west, according to a study. Researchers have a theory as to why that might be the case.
Two Syrian girls, aged 15 and 16, were punched in the face Friday afternoon in Berlin by an unidentified man after he yelled anti-foreigner slurs at them, dpa reports. Another girl of unknown nationality was assaulted in a separate incident the same day.
A man has driven a car at groups of pedestrians in the cities of Bottrop and Essen, injuring five, including foreign nationals. Police say there are indications that the driver is mentally ill and holds xenophobic views.
The Danish government and the right-wing populist DF party have announced plans to send rejected asylum seekers pending deportation to a remote island in the Baltic Sea. The proposal faces widespread opposition.