BERLIN (AP) — The German parliament on Friday approved legislation introducing payment cards for asylum-seekers, a system that is meant to limit benefits paid in cash and make the country less attractive for migrants. Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Germany's 16 state governors agreed in...

Syrian physicians in Germany ranked first among foreign doctors, as their number reached 6,120 doctors, most of whom came to the country with the start of the refugee wave in 2015. This number does not include doctors with German citizenship. German media said that more than 60,000 foreign...

BRUSSELS (AP) — The number of asylum seekers in Europe reached a seven-year high last year, with more than 1.1 million people applying for international protection in 2023, most of them Syrian nationals, the European Union said Wednesday. The increase in asylum seekers and other migrants...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees revealed that the number of Syrian refugees returning to the war-torn country from 5 countries in the Middle East declined by a quarter last year compared to 2022. The UNHCR said in a statement that 37,552 Syrian refugees from Jordan, Egypt,...