Understanding Europe

Federal police now carry out checks at the German-Polish border | Photo: John Macdougall/AFP/Getty Images
The new German government has limited avenues to ask for asylum by instructing police to reject asylum seekers at the border. We spoke to legal experts about the new policy | Photo: picture alliance
First-time asylum seeker applications have been trending down in Europe for months | Photo: Ben Stansall/AFP
Germany is trying to attract foreign workers because of a skilled labor shortage | Photo: picture alliance
File photo: LGBTQI+ asylum seekers in the EU have in the past been deported despite facing grave dangers in their home country | Photo: picture-alliance/dpa/S. Hoppe