The German Federal Statistical Office announced that the number of asylum seeker benefit recipients has risen to 522,700 in 2023, marking an 8% increase from 2022. This upward trend in beneficiaries continues, although the percentage growth is lower than the 22% increase reported in 2022 compared to 2021. According to the Federal Statistical Office, 500,000…
The Swedish government has announced an increase in financial incentives for the voluntary return of migrants to their home countries, raising the amount to $34,000 per family. This decision is part of a broader strategy to reduce the number of asylum seekers in Sweden. The new grant program is set to begin in 2026 and…
The Swedish Migration Court approved the decision to deport Iraqi refugee Silwan Mumika, who burned copies of the Quran more than once in the capital, Stockholm, last year, and sparked a wave of anger in the Islamic world, but the Swedish authorities fear that he will be exposed to retaliation in Iraq, if he is…
A German state announced the suspension of the deportation of Yazidi women and children to Iraq, until next April, making it the second state to take this decision within a month, in an attempt to alleviate the fears of the Yazidis about the possibility of their deportation since the signing of the immigration agreement between…
A German state announced a ban on the deportation of Yazidi women and children, given that their conditions in northern Iraq are still “worrying” and they lack the necessary protection, amid political demands to ban the deportation of this group in all German states. Josephine Paul, Minister of Refugee Affairs in the state of North…
Media outlets reported that a number of Yazidi asylum seekers have been on hunger strike for a week in front of the Bundestag headquarters in the German capital, Berlin, in protest against the decisions to deport them to Iraq. “Amal, Berlin!” website said on October 17, “Many people began a hunger strike in front of…
