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Immigration

Germany to take most in refugee quota project

Germany found out on Wednesday it will have to take in the largest number of refugees under the European Commission's new quota system which aims to rehouse 60,000 people over the next two years.

Immigration

Police officer 'abused refugees' in Hanover

Prosecutors in Hanover are investigating a police officer who is alleged to have brutally mistreated at least two refugees and then bragged about it over instant messaging application WhatsApp afterwards.

Immigration

Interior Minister wants quicker deportations

Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière called on Friday for state governments to speed up deportations of failed asylum applicants, in the latest round in a war of words between the federal government and the states.

Immigration

UN wants Europe to share Syria refugees

New plans from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees would see Syrian refugees relocated from overtaxed southern EU members to the wealthier north, the UN refugee agency told The Local on Thursday.

UN

Germany tops asylum application table: UN

There are more refugees worldwide than at any time since the Second World War, while Germany is receiving more asylum applications than any other country.

Immigration

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.