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Afghanistan: sent back to a war zone

Germany is sending back ever greater numbers of Afghans. In the first two months of this year Germany denied more than half of all asylum applications. Sandra Petersmann spoke with deportees in their war torn home.

Poetry in the kitchen: a Syrian celebrity chef's story

Many refugees start the fasting month of Ramadan away from home for the first time. One migrant opens up the recipes from her home for all to share - and to remember.

A doctor describes Libya's humanitarian crisis

Fighting continues in Libya, a country fragmented by a multitude of power centers. Since mid-2014, the humanitarian situation has deteriorated due to political instability. Millions of people across Libya are impacted, including refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants. Dr. Tankred Stoebe, who works with Doctors Without Borders (MSF), spent the month of January in the country coordinating a medical assessment that took him from Misrata to Tripoli. He told us what he saw.

The uncertain future of a Syrian astronomer in Paris

Muhammad Ali Sammuneh, 45, is an astronomer from Syria who has restarted his life in France. Although he and his family were able to flee the regime of Bashar al-Assad, his future remains uncertain.

Yasir's story: 'I didn't know what loneliness felt like'

Is a better future worth all the trouble that refugees take to reach Europe? Yasir, a Pakistani refugee in his late twenties, has been grappling with this question ever since he came to Germany, enduring a long journey filled with struggle and loneliness.