UNHCR criticises Germany’s refugee policy

The United Nations' refugee agency has expressed praise and criticism for Germany's refugee policy. Although Germany took in more than 2,000 Iraqi refugees from Syria and Jordan in 2009, Romani were deported to Kosovo.

Spread of Islam feared by 3 out of 4 Germans

Westerwelle defends Swiss after minaret ban

A contract for both sides of Germany’s integration equation

Man gets life after court rejects appeal for sister’s ‘honour killing’

German-born criminal to be deported to Turkey

Turks: Germany must do more for integration

Berlin plans ‘integration contract’ for immigrants

Turkey in talks to ‘set up schools in Germany’

Is this charming region Germany’s best-kept secret?

‘I’ve never been able to shake off the feeling of being a foreigner’: How tolerant is Germany?

‘Germany is not an open society’: Chinese artist Ai Weiwei on leaving Berlin

‘Segregation achieves nothing’: Should children without fluent German be held back from starting school?

Refugees integrating ‘faster than expected’ into Germany’s labour market

Children who don’t speak German ‘shouldn’t be allowed to start school’

‘Historic day’ as Germany takes step forward in relaxing rules for foreign workers

Germany integrating migrants quickly, according to business chief

‘Here I am a human being’: How Kaiserslautern continues to integrate refugees

Integration still perceived positively in Germany: study

DFB president Grindel admits to mistakes in Özil affair

Foreigners in eastern Germany are fewer in number but better educated

Hatred against Germans is increasing in Berlin, says city’s interior minister

Syrian refugee teacher starts job at German school

Town deliberates stopping refugee arrivals, citing lack of school spots

Germans’ biggest concern still immigration, but poverty is catching up

Integration of Muslims better in Germany than in rest of Europe: study

‘Women are being attacked every day’: violence at small town festival reignites migration debate

German parliament passes law ending child marriage

Cricket now booming in Germany, thanks to refugees

Merkel awards first integration prize to small town that took in extra refugees

Bach vs burka: Germany debates identity ahead of election

Socks in sandals: Germans mock government ideals for immigrant integration

German parliament passes partial burqa ban for officers, soldiers

Head of Jewish Council calls for refugees to visit concentration camps

Meet Germany’s ‘forgotten’ foreign workers

Bus driver faces fine for refusing ride to niqab-wearing woman

Young refugees ‘must be integrated quicker to prevent violence’

German courses, day labour: Syrian refugees’ first year

One in five Germans now has immigrant background

Restaurant suffers backlash for throwing out veiled woman

Germans need integration classes too, says sociologist

Muslim teen banned from wearing face veil in school

Interior minister proposes partial burqa ban

Refugees create app to crack German bureaucratic maze

Porsche training is prize for lucky few refugees

Experts call for ‘migrant quota’ for top business jobs

Immigration and integration Germany’s ‘biggest challenge’

Syrian refugee crowned wine queen in Germany

Pupil’s refusal to shake hands with teacher leads to walk out

Germany passes historic law on refugee integration

Half of Turkish Germans hold Islam above state law

German national team make fools of far-right populists

Pegida enraged by black children on chocolate bars

Far-right AfD turns on itself over failed Muslim meeting

Merkel party calls for state to spy on mosques

NGO seeks to integrate refugees, one friend at a time

New law to punish migrants who fail to integrate

‘German should be language of mosques’: conservatives

Hamburg left rejects call for German flags outside schools

My refugee ‘brother’ who lives illegally in our house

Refugees in Germany ‘crazy with boredom’

Work hard and learn German or lose benefits, refugees told

Rural Germany an ‘integration laboratory’ for refugees

North Africans the target of fury after Cologne assaults

Could Germany copy Norway gender lessons?

EU won’t turn back clock for you, Merkel warns UK

‘Shariah Police are testing our rule of law’

Islam ‘does not belong in German society’ – poll

Discrimination watchdog attacks shooting club

Muslim shooting king could be stripped of title

Germany’s biggest tabloid attacks Islam

Thousands exit Germany for Bulgaria and Romania

Berlin struggles to find successful migrants

MPs spar over eastern EU immigration fears

Mosques open doors to non-Muslims

Court: circumcision too risky for six-year-old

Old ‘guest workers’ much more likely to be poor

‘I am Senegalese, but firstly I am German’

Immigrant families shun German nurseries

Rösler: Germany needs top qualified immigrants

Merkel: business must fight immigrant prejudice

Migration increases as euro crisis bites

Poles no longer the losers in Berlin

Merkel: no separate sport for Muslim boys and girls

Corporate Germany lacks foreign execs for success

Berlin’s ‘Peacemaker’ soothes the city

‘I had to work very hard at integrating myself’

Gauck: neo-Nazi victims must not be forgotten

Europeans try their luck in Germany

Muslims call for ‘denazification’ of state

Concern rises over Roma slum apartment block

Woman ordered to learn German after 30 years

German Turks ‘send a billion euros to Turkey’

President: we need a culture of togetherness

‘Immigrants cause problems’ say Germans

New weapon against forced marriage goes live

Court rules Muslim girl must take swim class

Germany looking to China for nursing power

Hamburg signs historic deal with Muslims

Immigrants ‘doing better at school and work’

Report: Turks with dementia forget German

Five siblings jailed for ‘honour killing’ of sister

Foreigners can’t change name ‘just to integrate’

Can euro rescue absolve Holocaust guilt?

Ministry caught in Muslim study leak lie

Minister slams Salafism at Islam conference

Many German Muslims ‘refuse to integrate’

Government aims to hire more minorities

Language school grads ‘barely spoke German’

Merkel calls for more minority public servants

Foreigners set up a third of all new firms

Islamic studies gain foothold in state schools

Welcome needed to attract skilled foreigners

School allowed to ban Muslim pupil’s praying

800 weapons taken from neo-Nazis in two years

Marched down the aisle

Effort to ease dual citizenship fails

Nearly half of forced marriage brides German

Project pictures the plight of immigrants

New law eases job market for immigrants

Erdogan criticizes German attitude to Turks

Germans with Turkish heritage will replace Turks – a success story

Hungry Germans happily adopt Turkish döner

‘Turks are a part of German culture’

A dual citizenship double standard in Germany

Germany looks back at 50 years of Turkish immigration

Turkish, German or both? ‘Guest worker’ families have everything

‘There’s no real mood for celebration’

Authorities to keep tabs on Islamophobic scene

Turkish president urges integration, respect for Turks in Germany

Schoolbooks distort Islam, study shows

Official blames Sarrazin for hindering integration

Campaign aims to get foreigners the vote

The changing face of Germany

Attitudes toward German citizenship changing

German Muslims worried after Norway massacre

Muslims call for imams in the German military

Sarrazin blasts SPD immigrant quota plan

Sarrazin pardon sparks fierce SPD backlash

Future of Berlin’s cricket community in jeopardy

Foreign population increase bucks downward trend

Schäuble says Islam is part of Germany

Coalition proposal would tie residency permits to German skills

FDP’s Lindner compares Bavaria’s CSU with Islam

Erdogan slams ‘xenophobia’ and urges Turks to integrate

Calling Germany home: The Local’s special immigration series

Sarrazin’s wife mulls book on education

Sarrazin earns millions with anti-immigration book

Islamic centre hit by arson attack

Wealthy lean toward ‘social Darwinism’ after economic crisis

Germans less tolerant of Islam than neighbours, study finds

Von der Leyen calls for fresh ideas on immigration

Minister slams ‘macho’ Muslim culture

Muslims call for public service immigrant quota

Germany seeks better integration of immigrants

Giving German schools an ‘F’ for integration

Government takes aim at forced marriages

Merkel: Public service needs more immigrants

From cleaning woman to doctor: Brandenburg recruits foreign physicians

Wulff wins praise for bridge-building speech

Wulff urges Turkey to respect Christians

Turkish hackers attack CDU websites

Immigration about skills, not faith, minister says

Wulff condemns ‘blanket judgement’ of Turks

Böhmer wants new integration ministry

German media roundup: Merkel’s convoluted immigration policy

Wulff visits Turkey as integration row simmers

Turkish president encourages Turks to integrate in Germany

Berlin’s unwanted Roma

Schavan pledges foreign credentials review

CSU hardens stance against immigration

Xenophobia takes root in German mainstream

Speak German on school grounds, FDP urges

‘Learn the language,’ Turkish minister tells countrymen in Germany

Turkish group demands apology from Seehofer

Merkel promises German help in Cyprus impasse

Sharia law being used in Germany in Muslims’ domestic disputes

Most children have integrated friendship groups say researchers

Schools must curb immigrant pupils’ anti-German attitudes, Böhmer says

Fear of an Islamic Fatherland

SPD, Greens demand equality for Islam

Conservatives slam Wulff for Islam remarks

Dutch politician Wilders draws protests in Berlin

‘Unity Chancellor’ Kohl makes rare speech

German politicians slam Dutch pact with Geert Wilders’ far-right party

Most Germans see Muslims as a burden

Turkish scholar warns of racist ’19th century’ views

De Maizière calls for more tolerance towards immigrants

The streets of Neukölln: Has integration failed?

Muslim group lauds Wulff’s remarks on Islam

Conservative wants German language enshrined in constitution

Cartoonist slams Islam ahead of Merkel speech

Von der Leyen blasts hard line on immigrants

Much ado about Thilo

Doubts emerge within SPD as decision on Sarrazin expulsion looms

Public support for Sarrazin puts politicians in spin

Two-thirds of Germans disagree with Sarrazin

Sarrazin sparks calls for new integration debate

‘Generation porno’ more chaste than debased

Bundesbank backs Sarrazin’s dismissal

German Media Roundup: Sarrazin’s radioactive immigration debate

Sarrazin will be hard to sack, judge warns

Sarrazin’s Jewish ‘gene’ comments spark outrage

Sarrazin: Muslims not compatible with Germany

Economy Minister wants points system for immigration

TV channel RTL2 offers Muslims fasting notices during Ramadan

Westerwelle: Germany needs foreign workers

‘Blind’ job applications on trial to reduce discrimination

As German as Özil and Boateng

Fewer migrant children finish high school

Opposition demands overhauled citizenship laws as naturalisations drop

Children’s stone attack on Jews sparks outrage

Leftists harass immigrants for supporting Germany

Merkel praises diversity of national football team

Conservatives suggest intelligence tests for immigrants

Immigrant children disadvantaged in German schools

Religious Muslim boys more violent, study says

Blow to Islamic Conference as leading Muslims pull out

Turks found worst integrated group amid widespread bigotry

A Muslim Christian Democrat’s crucifixion

Muslim minister-designate calls for state school crucifix ban

Integration official rejects call for school crucifix ban

Germany’s Turks don’t need Papa Erdoğan or Mutti Merkel

Merkel: ‘rules changed’ for Turkish EU bid

Merkel visits Turkey amid broad disagreements

Three states present draft law for dual citizenship

Erdogan urges Germany to allow dual citizenship

Erdogan urges German Turks not to integrate

Dutch populist Wilders ‘unwelcome’ in Eifel town

Böhmer calls for Germany to recognise foreign credentials

Leading conservative calls for more immigrant naturalisation

Merkel urged to lead integration debate

Politicians reject immigrant quota for public service sector

Integration official says 20 percent of public jobs should go to immigrants

Murderer of Egyptian ‘veil martyr’ gets life

Cornerstone laid for controversial Cologne mosque

Turkish leader says kids need Islamic holiday off

Parents will ‘drink away’ new child care subsidy

Egyptian stab victim’s husband describes attack

Berlin school offers German-language guarantee in immigrant heavy district

Bundesbank’s Sarrazin stripped of duties for xenophobic comments

Sarrazin wins support for integration comments

Experts recommend ‘turbo’ naturalisation for immigrants

Number of German MPs with immigration background rises

Ex-finance senator says Berlin is too dumb to become a great city

The Left’s Sevim Dağdelen: ‘My origins don’t define my political beliefs’

Non-traditional names linked to teacher discrimination

Small Muslim group opens up to outsiders

SPD backs new rules for dual citizenship

‘I don’t know of a cow named Merkel’

Zoo forced to rename primate called ‘Obama’

Pressure increases to scrap forced choice on citizenship

Study finds an extra million Muslims living in Germany

Study finds half of German immigrants feel like outsiders

Neukölln: Beyond the hype

Böhmer says low naturalisation figures need explanation

Language test scares off potential citizenship applicants

40 years in Berlin and facing deportation

First Iraqi refugees to land in Hannover

Xenophobia widespread among German youth

Elite German graduates to teach at troubled schools

Germany welcomes new wave of Iraqi refugees

Illiterate Turkish man denied German citizenship

Thirteen languages face extinction

Hundreds of Iraqi Christian refugees bound for Rhineland

Most Germans want their own Obama

Integrating the German way

Failing integration not about ethnicity, Turkish group says

Study says Turks are Germany’s worst integrated immigrants

Inventor of the döner kebab dies

Citizenship test a breeze for immigrants

Integration minister rejects including ethnicity in crime stats

Turkish Karneval club wants to ‘civilise’ Cologne tradition

Honour killing victim’s parents refuse to testify

Parliamentarian says Germany in violation of UN children’s rights

Berlin works to boost civil service diversity

Police acquitted over asylum-seeker’s death

CDU wants German as official language

Germany named Europe’s top migrant destination

Find Germany’s Obama? Yes we Cem!

Greens pick Özdemir as new party co-leader

Merkel: Germans and Turks must show more respect and tolerance

Bundesrat rejects dual citizenship motion

German police bust human trafficking ring

Right-wing extremist rally in Cologne sparks clashes

Cologne braces for extreme right anti-Islam congress

Immigrant youth not more violent than German kids

Funding for German asylum seekers hits new low

Özdemir poised to be first Turkish German to lead a major party

German citizenship test goes into effect

German by choice

German conservatives slammed for ‘racial ideology’ on citizenship

More Germans getting dual citizenship abroad

Measuring Kreuzberg’s mosque tolerance

German cabinet approves new citizenship test and ID cards

Roth: Merkel is “chancellor of heteros”

Turkish-Germans press Berlin to allow dual citizenship

One-quarter of Berliners have foreign roots

Siemens boss says firm is too German, white and male

Munich subway thugs stand trial for attempted murder

So you want to become a German citizen?

Turkish-Germans celebrate Turkey’s quarterfinals entry

Turks say Germans would not pass citizenship test

Böhmer rejects criticism of German naturalization tests

Germany and Turkey launch joint university in Istanbul

Child poverty gap growing in Germany

Suspect in Hamburg ‘honour killing’ had assault record

Evicted black single mother sues German landlord

German neo-Nazis to rally around Stolberg stabbing

German schools to teach Islam

German-Muslim integration improving despite ‘mistrust’

Number of German residents with foreign roots rising

CSU head questions Turkey’s EU entry after Erdogan’s speech

Poor language instruction causes crime

Xenophobic words harm CDU in Hesse

New language requirement ‘against human rights’

Violent youths raise questions on immigration

How well have refugees integrated in Germany since 2015?