A vast gulf lies between the perks of living in Germany and the sometimes horrifying bureaucratic experience of getting there. DW's Elizabeth Schumacher looks at some immigrants' stories - and recalls her own.
This picture shows four-year-old Vicki holding a hairbrush in her mouth as she walks around the Kuluba transit camp in Uganda.
Six Eritrean refugees separated while in exile find hope in cycling as they rebuild their friendship in Addis Ababa. Despite financial difficulties and an unclear status, they dream of competing as a team in an international race.
Hundreds of online pages, social networks and chat rooms are publicizing the "transport services" of migrant traffickers operating in the Mediterranean - a dangerous phenomenon.
Aid workers or human traffickers? Legal uncertainty in Europe has hampered people's willingness to help refugees. What is legal, and what will be punished?