The payment card for asylum seekers is meant to streamline the distribution of benefits. But recipients in Hamburg and a small city in Thuringia say they make their daily lives harder.
From the streets of Afghanistan into the ring. Shoaib Akhtar is not just a boxer, but also fighting his way through life into a new society. A refugee turned pro boxer. But how did he make it here in Germany?
The word "clan" controversially triggers fears in many Germans. Yet statistically speaking, the phenomenon of organized crime among German immigrant communities is marginal. One researcher warns against cliches.
Turkey is deporting Syrian refugees back to Syria, despite mounting international concerns. Human rights groups have condemned the plans and warned of serious ramifications for the returnees.
In the run-up to the Paris Olympic Games, human rights activists have alleged that authorities are engaged in "social cleansing", a government policy of removing the homeless from the city, which the authorities deny. But a number o1