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Germany updates: Merkel reflects on 2015 refugee policy

The former chancellor believes much has been achieved since allowing hundreds of thousands of refugees into Germany. Angela Merkel made the comments in an ARD documentary. DW has more. Merkel says ... read more

Germany opened its doors to 1 million refugees a decade ago. Here’s how the country has changed since

Anas Modamani, a Syrian who fled brutal civil conflict in 2015, is one of many who made Germany their home. A decade later, anti-immigrant sentiment has surged. read more

A Decade After Merkel’s Refugee Gamble

The former German chancellor’s call to action reshaped Europe’s politics, and the crisis remains unresolved ten years later. read more

Germany's far right calls for cutting benefits for Ukrainian refugees

Ukrainian refugees in Germany are receiving "unjustified" social payments and should return to their home country, a co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, Tino Chrupalla, ... read more

Migrant crisis: How Europe went from Merkel's 'We can do it' ten years ago to pulling up the drawbridge

By March 2016 - six months after Mrs Merkel's statement - the EU had reached agreement with Turkey to keep migrants from crossing into Greece and Bulgaria. Since then the EU has done deals with ... read more

After attacks, Merkel cuts short holiday to face refugee policy storm

BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel interrupted her vacation on Thursday to face down accusations at home and abroad that her open-door refugee policy allowed Islamist terrorism to take hold ... read more