Germany is set to speed up its processes for removing failed asylum seekers. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to uncover arrangements to fundamentally expand deportations of failed asylum seekers.
Germany’s head of foreign intelligence agency will be stepping down from his position earlier than his retirement. The sudden dismissal was believed to be connected to recent events and controversies, including the spying of the NSA and the threats posed by the Islamic State.
Members of PEGIDA (Patriotic Europeans agaisnt the Islamisation of the West) staged anti-Islam rallies across Europe this weekend to protest the massive influx of immigrants.
Turkey has warned that it has reached the limit of its capacity to absorb more refugees, although authorities still gave assurance for assistance, aid and possible entry "if necessary."
The alliance between Germany’s Christian Social Union (CSU) and partner Christian Democrats (CDU) is falling apart as Chancellor Angela Merkel's Bavarian allies threatened to take her government to court if she fails to solve the refugee problem soon.
The German police have made their first arrest, all of them are Algerian residents involved in the New York mass attacks on women during the New Year Eve celebrations. With one of the suspects being charged for sexual criimes, alarm over this incident is putting into hot water Chancellor Angela Merkel's open-door policy for immigrants.
Experts at Germany's Lower House says cap on refugee number will encounter legal problems The Christian Social Union (CSU), the long-standing Bavarian partner of Germany's dominant party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), has proposed a cap on the number of refugees that Germany will accept.
Germany proposes a change in refugee law by putting a limit on migrants in the country. The legal experts do not have any final draft regarding the change in policy.
Germany will this week start deporting asylum seekers from the western Balkans whose applications have been unsuccessful, government sources told Reuters on Tuesday.
Russia sent an advanced missile system to Syria on Wednesday to protect its jets operating there and pledged its air force would keep flying missions near Turkish air space, sounding a defiant note after Turkey shot down a Russian fighter jet.
French warplanes pounded Islamic State positions in Syria on Sunday as police in Europe widened their investigations into coordinated attacks in Paris that killed more than 130 people.
Sweden will impose temporary border controls from Thursday in response to a record influx of refugees, a turnaround for a country known for its open-door policies that also threw down the gauntlet to other EU nations hit by a migration crisis.
Germany needs to send a message to the world that it's reaching the limit of its capacity to help Europe's flood of migrants, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Sunday, as he advocated restricting family reunions for Syrian refugees.
Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) was facing fresh questions on Tuesday after U.S. regulators widened their accusations of emissions- test cheating against the German carmaker to include the luxury Porsche brand previously run by its new CEO.
When Chancellor Angela Merkel called up the boss of Germany's biggest power producer RWE two days after the first explosion at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, there was no mention of a u-turn in her energy policy.
Volkswagen's new head, Matthias Mueller, will update German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the carmaker's internal investigation into an emissions-rigging scandal during a trip to China, a person close to the matter told Reuters.
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said he wanted to get a group of EU leaders to agree on short-term measures to tackle the migrant crisis in the western Balkans at a summit on Sunday.
Germany is introducing measures to tackle its refugee crisis earlier than previously expected, a top government official said on Friday, allowing accelerated deportation procedures to begin as early as next week.
