#refugees

[…] Of all EU member states, Germany is the slowest in processing asylum applications. According to a new Bertelsmann Stiftung study, 221,195 refugees in Germany were still waiting for a final decision on [...]

[…] One of the major events of 2015 was the historic influx of migrants to Europe. Last year, 1.1 million refugees were officially registered in Germany, with more continuing to arrive in 2016. [...]

[…] Given the large number of refugees that have recently made their way to Europe, a key challenge EU member states face is finding better and faster methods for integrating them into the labor market. [...]

[…] The European Council met once again in Brussels on December 17 and 18. The heads of 28 EU member states addressed an agenda that included the so-called Turkey refugee fund, among other topics. Turkey [...]

[…] In 2016, Libya finds itself struggling under a heavy burden, with smugglers, human traffickers and dozens of militias controlling the country. It is also divided by a political schism: the cities of [...]

[…] The refugee crisis poses a serious challenge, both to the welfare of refugees and to European societies. Now it is time to act – not individually and at the expense of others, but jointly and in a [...]

[…] Three studies commissioned by the Bertelsmann Stiftung analyse how Switzerland, the Netherlands and Sweden managed the refugee crisis in 2015. Switzerland had to deal with 38,000, the Netherlands with [...]

[…] EU migration policy concepts and the realities of the EU have simply failed to meet the demands and challenges brought about by the unexpected number of refugees that have recently sought security in [...]

[…] Some 60 million people around the world have been forcibly displaced from their homes. UNHCR, the United Nations refugee agency, has been publishing Global Trends, a report that documents the impact [...]

[…] Last stop: Jordan. Some 6.6 million Jordanians live in this small country surrounded by powerful neighbors such as Saudi Arabia, Israel and Egypt. More than half are of Palestinian descent, meaning [...]