Five years after Chancellor Angela Merkel controversially opened Germany's doors to hundreds of thousands of migrants,
studies show the newcomers have integrated relatively well, but room for
progress remains.
The Turkish government is negotiating with Germany in a bid to establish three schools in the Bundesrepublik, German media has reported. Locations are earmarked for Berlin, Cologne and Frankfurt.
Artist and activist Ai Weiwei sparked a debate when he said he plans to leave Germany because he believes it is an intolerant society. Here's what you had to say.
Ai Weiwei, the Chinese activist and artist, has lived in self-imposed exile in Berlin since 2015. But he plans to leave Germany because he believes it is too intolerant.
A nationwide debate was triggered after a conservative politician suggested children who don’t speak German well enough shouldn’t be allowed to start school. Here’s what you had to say.
A high profile politician with Angela Merkel’s CDU party says children with insufficient German language skills should be held back from starting school.
Worker-starved Germany plans to ease immigration rules to attract foreign jobseekers and replenish its fast ageing workforce, despite mounting public resistance against new arrivals.
Many among the more than one million people who arrived in Germany as migrants or refugees since 2015 are
integrating speedily through work, the head of a key business group said Friday.
After volunteering in the Greek island of Lesbos at the height of the refugee crisis in 2015, Anita Lekic was inspired to spend time in this southwest German city, which is playing a huge role in providing asylum for refugees, to see how it is dealing with the influx of people. Here’s what she found.
Despite recent negative news, the majority people in Germany continue to view the coexistence of native-born Germans and immigrants as positive, according to a study released on Monday.
German Football Association (DFB) president Reinhard Grindel has once again rejected accusations of racism, but has also admitted that he and his colleagues made mistakes in their handling of the ongoing debate over midfielder Mesut Özil.
Compared to the west of the country, fewer and more highly educated non-Germans live in eastern Germany, an intergovernmental economic organization has found.
Andreas Geisel, Berlin’s interior minister, said on Wednesday that hatred towards Germans was on the rise in the capital, but cautioned that it was still far from the norm.
On February 1st, the city council in Freiberg, Saxony, plans to vote on whether or not to ban refugees from moving to the town for the next two years. The city says it can't fulfil it's educational duties to any more children.
More than half of Germans are worried about how the country will cope with immigration. But integrating foreigners has become less of a concern since last year, an annual study shows.
Muslims who have already lived in Germany for a while are better integrated than Muslims in other European countries, according to a study released by the Bertelsmann Foundation on Thursday. But the study revealed some weaknesses in integration, too.
Reports of sexual assaults and attacks on police during a small town festival have again sparked debate in Germany about integration, while also leading police to correct what they say are "misinterpretations" of what happened.
Thousands of refugees from cricket-mad Afghanistan have led to dozens of new clubs popping up across Germany, and the national team is now on the rise.
Altena, a town in western Germany, was on Wednesday honoured by Chancellor Angela Merkel for its achievements in integrating refugees. It was the first place to win the National Integration Prize, and received €10,000 for its efforts.
What does it mean to be German? A minister close to Chancellor Angela Merkel has kicked off a divisive election-year debate about cultural identity - earning him praise, ridicule and charges of immigrant-bashing.
The Interior Minister has come under fire for his statements explaining what Germany's 'Leitkultur', or "guiding culture", should be amid discussions of immigration and integration. Here's a taste of how his critics have responded.
