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Bureaucracy biggest obstacle to refugees: AWO chairperson

There is a shortage of qualified volunteers, money, and translators to help…

Emad El-Sayed

The right exploits the fear of refugees for their own gains: MP in Germany’s Greens party

Integrating refugees will benefit Germany, especially in the case that they return…

Emad El-Sayed

Closing borders is inhumane and contradicts German values: SPD member

The head of Germany’s social democratic party (SPD) headquarters in Berlin, Dennis…

Emad El-Sayed

Ideal integration not fully possible, problems bound to exist: manager of AWO Refugee House in Berlin

Learning the language is key, because most of the problems refugees face…

Emad El-Sayed

I work to return the favour granted to me by Germany: Iranian refugee and translator

Refugees have high expectations of their new country, we let them do…

Emad El-Sayed

Learning from the past: Germany’s refugee policy is dignifying, positive

Fadia Fouda, a former Palestinian refugee, says Germany has vastly improved the…

Emad El-Sayed

Immigrant lives at mercy of German bureaucracy, knows very well he has no asylum rights

Ahmed submitted a humanitarian asylum request, does not own a passport

Emad El-Sayed

Egypt’s subsidy system: questionable corruption, unending problems

At the beginning of the 20th century, when the world was plagued…

Hisham Salah

Egyptians boycott 1 December embargo

The boycott campaign did not completely fail, and succeeded in many areas,…

Shaimaa Al-Aees

Trials and tribulations of the Right of Asylum

Everything about the life of an asylum seeker has two sides. The…

Emad El-Sayed