Germany's refugee and migration agency will end the year well short of its own integration goals. Waiting times for integration courses are up and participation rates are below target.

Since opening its doors in 2015, no unaccompanied minors have been deported from Germany. That is soon set to change, as Berlin has started building centers in Morocco to house deported minors, according to a report.

A video game called 'Bury me, my love' traces the steps of refugees from Syria to Europe. The number of attacks on migrant shelters in Germany has decreased this year. And a photograph of a Syrian refugee child wins the UNICEF Photo1

Zahra is a five-year-old girl from Syria who fled with her parents and seven siblings to a refugee camp in Jordan. Her emotional portrait by the photojournalist Muhammed Muheisen won the annual competition.