A German court has charged a nun €500 for assisting Nigerian women threatened with deportation from Germany. The two women reportedly fled from forced prostitution in Italy. Different groups criticized the court order and called for a decriminalization of church asylum.
InfoMigrants By Benjamin Bathke Published on : 2021/05/24
Migrant children and teenagers in Germany are disproportionately affected by the country s longer than average lockdowns, experts say. They warn that the widening education gap between migrant pupils and their native peers could derail efforts to integrate the hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers in Germany. My son had picked up German fast, and we were very proud of him, said Um Wajih, a Syrian mother of two. But then came the pandemic.
During the six-week shutdown that started in March last year, Wajih s son wasn t able to attend his Berlin school in person. Consequently, the 9-year-old s German worsened significantly, a teacher told her. Wajih was saddened but not surprised.
InfoMigrants By Benjamin Bathke Published on : 2021/05/12
Only 20% of all asylum seekers living in accommodation centers in Germany want to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, the state government of Lower Saxony said. A publicity campaign is to address the lack of trust in vaccines.
In the northern German state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), one in five asylum seekers in initial reception facilities eligible for a COVID-19 vaccination said they are willing to get vaccinated.
That s according to the state government, whose spokesperson told the Protestant News Service
epd the situation in Germany s other 15 states is similar.
One reason for residents vaccine scepticism was not seeing any severe coronavirus cases in their surroundings, the spokesperson of the Lower Saxony s state reception authority (Landesaufnahmebehörde) said. A lack of general trust in the vaccines was another argument put forward.
InfoMigrants By Benjamin Bathke Published on : 2021/04/30
BioNTech, Delivery Hero, Gorillas and other successful German companies have one thing in common: Their founders are highly qualified and venturesome immigrants. Yet a new study shows that high hurdles, especially when it comes to funding and networking, continue to hold them back. My name is Sophie, and my brother s name is Anton. Our parents gave us German first names so we don t stand out more than we do already anyway through our looks, our last names and our origin.
Sophie Chung s parents are refugees from Cambodia who tried everything to prepare their children for a life in Germany. According to Chung, that mission included encouraging them to accomplish more so she and her brother could prove themselves.
InfoMigrants By Emma Wallis Published on : 2021/04/22
The last flight carrying recognized refugees from the Greek Islands landed in Germany on Thursday, April 22. On board were 103 people, including several children. The last relocation flight from Athens with 103 refugees on board has landed in Germany, tweeted the German branch of the UN migration agency on Thursday, April 22.
Der letzte Relocation-✈️ aus Athen ist mit 103 Geflüchteten in gelandet.
Seit April 2020 hat Deutschland 2.765 Schutzbedürftigen aus einen #Neuanfang in Sicherheit ermöglicht. Wir haben die Initiative gerne unterstützt und sagen: Danke @BAMF Dialog und @BMI Bund! pic.twitter.com/B6lrqlpHBq IOM Germany (@IOMGermany) April 22, 2021