In the wake of the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, Germany and Austria have suspended all asylum applications from the war-torn country until further notice.
Despite vowing to increase deportations, the leftist government in Germany only managed to deport less than three per cent set for removal.
The migrant who killed a German police officer was reportedly a failed asylum seeker, sparking a national migration debate before the EU elections.
Nearly six in ten suspects in violent crime cases in Germany were committed by foreign migrants, according to federal police crime statistics.
New, stricter measures to curb the high number of migrants coming to Germany were agreed by Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the 16 state governors.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz admitted “too many people are coming” into the country illegally and vowed deportations on a “large scale”.
Nearly half of Ukrainian refugees who fled to Germany say they intend to stay in the country “forever” or at least for a few years.
Germany saw net migration hit a record high in the country last year, yet the government is set to ease immigration standards even further.
A fire at a refugee shelter in eastern Germany killed one person and injured 10 others early Sunday, according to local police.
An average of two women or girls is being gang-raped in Germany per day, with foreigners making up half of all perpetrators.
Forty per cent of Germans say they fear the UN Migration Pact will give migrants additional asylum rights.
Germany’s annual ‘anti-racist’ soccer tournament had to be abandoned this year after horrific violence broke out during the final, with players from the two refugee teams starting a massive brawl on the pitch.
99 per cent of migrants granted asylum in Germany are being allowed to stay permanently, according to an investigation by Die Welt published Thursday.
BERLIN, Nov 18 (Reuters) – The number of Turks seeking asylum in Germany is up sharply this year, and has been rising steadily since a failed military coup on July 15, a German newspaper group reported on Friday.
More than 300,000 of the million plus ‘refugees’ who entered Germany illegally last year are working illegally in the country.
BERLIN (AP) — A German hospital says two of the three victims it is treating for wounds inflicted during an ax-and-knife attack by an Afghan refugee are in a critical but stable condition.
The German government has admitted it cannot account for 600,000 of the 1.1 million migrants who arrived into the country last year – raising concerns that the migrants have absconded into Germany and other European Union (EU) nations. Delays in processing
A poll published Friday by broadcaster ZDF found that 60 percent of Germans now say the country cannot handle the influx of refugees, which totaled 1.1 million in 2015.
FRANKFURT, Germany – Frantic deal-making in the German property market has spotlighted the scarcity of housing in the country and thrown into sharp relief the influx of up to one million migrants fleeing war and poverty. Property consolidation reached new heights
“No one is illegal” runs the German Green Party’s slogan. But one of their number, Mayor Boris Palmer, is not so sure. Critics accuse him of “scaremongering,” but serving as mayor of Tübingen for the last nine years, Palmer has
Germany must be ready to pay a hefty price for Chancellor Angela Merkel’s decision to lay out a welcome mat for any and all Middle East migrants who make it across the country’s borders. A German economist has warned that cost
One by one German Chancellor Angela’s Merkel’s political allies are questioning her touch. Ever since she announced to a startled world in mid-September that Germany would take anywhere up to 800,000 refugees from war-torn Syria and Iraq, Merkel seemed to rise above
Hamburg has become the first German city to pass a law allowing the state to seize empty commercial properties for reuse as emergency migrant accommodation. The move comes as more violence is reported in refugee centres across the country. Called the “Law
That didn’t take long. Last month German Chancellor Angela Merkel was throwing out welcome mats for Syrian refugees and promising to take 800,000. Now barely four weeks later German President Joachim Gauck is openly contradicting her unilateral offer and saying “there is a
Germany will introduce temporary border checks on the Austrian frontier in a bid to limit the influx of refugees, the interior minister said Sunday.
