Kansel Kiziltepe, a member of the Senate for the Integration District in Berlin and a member of the Social Democratic Party, has called for reducing the size of refugee accommodation at Tegel Airport, which has become a refugee accommodation center, because refugees are increasingly accommodated in large accommodation facilities in light of the lack of…
The Green Party issued a paper published by the newspaper (Süddeutsche Zeitung). The paper included a demand to eliminate the problems facing refugee employment and work. The party presented fifteen proposals for measures to facilitate access to the refugees to work, in particular lifting the ban on refugees working, According to the German News Agency,…
The state-owned healthcare company Berlinovo, has launched an eight-story residential building for skilled foreign workers. The building, located in the Prenzlauer Berg district, cost $8.5 million. The construction took 19 months and the building contains 76 furnished apartments ranging from one to three rooms at a price of 15 euros per square meter. The aim…
Members of the Green Party in the European, federal, and state parliaments have written a letter to the European Commission. In the letter, they are urging for an end to fixed border controls on Germany’s internal borders. They claim that not only Germany but seven other European countries are in violation of Schengen rules. The…
The Social Court in Hamburg has ruled that setting fixed cash payments on a payment card for refugees is illegal. The court determined that these fixed amounts fail to account for individual circumstances. The ruling came after a refugee family challenged the legality of the fixed payments, leading the court to urgently declare them unlawful….
The Bundestag’s research service is questioning the legality of the tax deduction for foreign skilled workers. According to the committee, a strict legal interpretation would prevent employees who work for an extended period in Germany from benefiting from these tax incentives, which contradicts principles of justice. As stated in the Desert Alliance report published by…
According to media reports published by the German News Agency (DPA), the Federal Police have recorded fewer illegal border entries since the beginning of the year compared to the same period in 2023. The number of illegal entries has decreased by 6.6%, with 42,000 people entering the country since the start of the year, compared…
Chancellor Schulz, Economy Minister Haipke from the Green Party, and Finance Minister Linder have all agreed to grant foreign skilled workers tax incentives during the first few years following their entry into Germany. This came during the ongoing negotiations regarding the 2025 budget. This step aims to attract skilled workers from refugees, however, it is…
A large-scale solidarity campaign succeeded in stopping the threat of deporting the 18 years old Ghanaian student Joel, from Hamburg. The hardship committee issued its decision to approve granting the hardship status to the student. The chairperson of the committee, Eckhard Wessox, from the Social Democratic Party, said; “The hardship committee has approved Joel’s…
Figures from the European Union Agency for Asylum show that asylum applications to Germany decreased by 20% during the first half of this year compared to the same period in 2023. Despite this significant decline, media reports from the Welt am Sonntag newspaper indicate that Germany still remains at the forefront of European countries in…
An updated statistical report from the European Union’s asylum agency reveals a decline in asylum applications to EU countries this year compared to 2023. The report also highlights a significant increase in pending first-instance cases, reaching the highest level since the 2015/2016 refugee crisis. The current decline in asylum applications extends the overall trend seen…
The state of Saxony has decided to fund asylum seekers’ voluntary departure for three months. This decision comes in response to a backlog of thousands of unprocessed voluntary departure requests by the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees. Saxony will cover the costs of these departures to the Ministry of the Interior in Magdeburg. A…
