Immigration

Immigrants create 1.3 million jobs in Germany: report

A new report shows how immigrants and their children are becoming a more powerful job-creating force in Germany.

Immigration

Asylum seeker names baby Angela Merkel

Out of gratitude and hope for the chance to have a better life in Germany, a Ghanaian asylum-seeker has named her baby after the most important woman in the country.

Immigration

EU leaders fail to agree on refugee relocation

EU ministers failed to agree on Monday on how to redistribute a total of 40,000 migrants from overstretched Italy and Greece as several countries refused to fully participate in the immigration sharing programme.

Immigration

Police warn they can't handle refugee numbers

The Police Union (GdP) warned on Sunday that German authorities were unable to register many of the refugees arriving in the country for lack of resources.

integration

Bundesbank backs Sarrazin's dismissal

The Bundesbank's leadership on Thursday backed the dismissal of board member Thilo Sarrazin for his controversial remarks on race and immigration. President Christian Wulff had already signalled support for his removal.