Immigration

Survey: 40 percent of Germans fear UN migration pact will result in more asylum claims

Almost 40 percent of Germans fear the controversial UN migration pact will lead to more asylum claims, a new survey has found.

Immigration

Germany expects 100,000 migrants to leave this year

Germany expects up to 100,000 undocumented migrants to leave the country in 2016, a number Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere Wednesday hailed as high but insufficient after last year's record influx.

Immigration

First suspect charged with sexual assault in Cologne

Almost three months since the wave of sexual assaults and robberies in central Cologne on New Year's Eve, the first suspect has been charged with a sexual crime.

Immigration

Bring refugees from Greece yourself, Austria tells Merkel

With large numbers of refugees building up in Greece after Austria and western Balkan nations closed their borders, Vienna has put the ball in Germany's court.