One in five Germans now has immigrant background
A new microcensus shows that more than one-fifth of all Germans have some sort of 'immigrant background' - a record high for the Bundesrepublik.
Why refugees are commiting far less crime
A report this week showed that the number of crimes committed by refugees and undocumented immigrants dropped nearly 20 percent in just three months. The Local looks into why.
Thousands flood Dresden in Pegida rally
Tens of thousands of people gathered in Dresden to mark the one-year anniversary of the start of the anti-immigrant Pegida movement - but a large number also came to oppose the right-wing group.
Hamburg clinics 'denied surgery to migrant'
A 55-year-old man from Ghana died from multiple organ failure in Hamburg earlier this month after five different hospitals refused him surgery.
Refugee numbers to reach 800,000 in 2015
The German government increased their estimates of how many asylum-seekers will be applying in Germany by the end of this year to up to 800,000, Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière said on Wednesday.
Migrant workers send $14 billion back home
Migrant workers in Germany sent $14 billion (€12.5 billion) back to their families last year, according to a report published on Monday.
Merkel allies turn anti-EU in beery rants
Ash Wednesday's traditional beer-drenched, political slagging match descended into an EU-bashing fest for some, with Bavarian state president Horst Seehofer launching a scathing attack on Brussels.
Court grants EU migrants German jobless benefits
A German job centre will have to pay a jobless Spanish family unemployment benefits, a court ruled on Thursday, in an apparent contradiction of German law.