Understanding Europe

People fear for the safety and well-being of their migrant relative when they cease to hear from them | Photo: picture-alliance/Zuma/Sopa/J. Merida
Germany hopes to attract workers in positions that are proving to be difficult to fill | Photo: picture-alliance/dpa
Two thirds of all asylum seekers in Germany are men | Photo: Picture-alliance/dpa/D.Karmann
A migrant from Kosovo (left) at a counseling for voluntary return in Germany | Photo: Picture-alliance/dpa
The shipmaster is obliged to offer assistance to persons in distress at sea | Photo: picture alliance/SOS