Immigration

Germany suspends work on some Syrian asylum applications: report

Germany has stopped processing some applications for asylum by Syrian refugees, pending a new assessment of the security situation in the war-torn country, according to a report on Saturday.

Immigration

Refugee's internship stopped 'due to attacks in Germany'

A young Syrian refugee who was offered a traineeship with a company in Nuremberg was later informed that the offer had been rescinded "due to serious attacks in Germany", local media report.

Immigration

Germany to take first refugees from Turkey

Germany said on Friday it would take in the first Syrian refugees under an EU-Turkey pact drawing fire from rights groups, as violence broke out in a Greek camp on the front line of the crisis.

Immigration

Volunteer made up dead Berlin refugee, police say

Police in Berlin said on Wednesday evening that there was "no dead refugee", after news that a young Syrian man died after queuing for days outside a government office had spread on-line.

Immigration

Germany sends Syrians back to EU borders

Germany is once again sending Syrian refugees back to the EU country where they first arrived, in line with the so-called Dublin regulations, the government confirmed on Tuesday.