Germany: New legal regulations in February 2023
Like almost every new month, February 2023 brings some important changes, including new laws, for people living in Germany. For example, no more compulsory masks on long-distance trains, more drinking
Germany: New laws and other changes in 2023
2023 brings new laws and regulations for people living in Germany. For example, price brakes are to reduce energy costs, health insurance will become more expensive and the 49-euro ticket
Germany: Law providing opportunity for regular residency for ‘tolerated persons’ enters into force
The Opportunity Residence Act (“Chancenaufenthaltsgesetz”) comes into force on 1 January 2023. Tolerated persons in Germany who had been living in Germany for five years or more on the cut-off
Seven Years in Europe – Musa’s Return to the Gambia
Tübingen – It’s a warm summer day in 2021. Musa Coker sits in the office of his return counsellor. He has visited the small office in Southwest Germany multiple times
Supporting migrants in Germany in their native language
If you’re thinking of returning to your country of origin but have questions about what life is like in the country or what support you can receive once you’ve gone
UN agency releases horrendous casualty figures on migration routes
One of the deadliest incidents in the Mediterranean occurred on 6 November 2017. The Libyan Coast Guard disrupted an ongoing rescue operation conducted by the humanitarian ship Sea-Watch 3, ramming
Germany: Group launches Information Webinar Series for African Refugees from Ukraine
A group supporting Africans who had fled the war in Ukraine and are currently seeking refuge in Germany has launched a series of online information sessions. The webinar series, implemented
50,000 migrants assisted to voluntarily return home — IOM
Nearly 50,000 migrants were assisted to voluntarily return to their countries of origin with more than 113,000 reintegration activities supported globally in 2021, according to the International Organization for Migration
Supporting Africans from Ukraine in Hamburg
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, more than 600,000 Ukrainians and people of other nationalities resident in the country have entered Germany to seek
Treat all refugees from Ukraine equally — German organisations, activists appeal
Against the background of the difficult situation of non-Ukrainian nationals from Ukraine who were displaced by the war in the country and are currently seeking refuge in Germany, refugee, rights