https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The German government admitted Friday it deported fewer than half the Afghans who were due to be repatriated on a charter plane earlier this week, after some went into hiding. https://www.thelocal.de/20170225/afghan-deportation-flight-left-from-germany-half-empty Sat, 25 Feb 2017 12:30:25 +0100 afghan-deportation-flight-left-from-germany-half-empty Germany deported 60 percent more migrants last year than in 2014, the government said on Wednesday, with figures from January and February showing that the pace of repatriations further accelerating. https://www.thelocal.de/20160414/deportations-rise-sharply-in-germany-report-refugees-refugee Thu, 14 Apr 2016 10:34:45 +0200 deportations-rise-sharply-in-germany-report-refugees-refugee If more than 500,000 refugees arrive in Germany this year the result will be continuing backlogs of undecided asylum applications, the country's top refugee official warned on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160303/refugee-boss-warns-of-new-asylum-backlog Thu, 03 Mar 2016 11:29:22 +0100 refugee-boss-warns-of-new-asylum-backlog Germany’s Vice-Chancellor, Sigmar Gabriel, has threatened to withdraw aid from north African countries if they don’t cooperate on taking back rejected asylum seekers. https://www.thelocal.de/20160118/berlin-threatens-to-withdraw-aid-to-north-africa-over-migrants Mon, 18 Jan 2016 12:34:17 +0100 berlin-threatens-to-withdraw-aid-to-north-africa-over-migrants