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 Almost 40 percent of Germans fear the controversial UN migration pact will lead to more asylum claims, a new survey has found. https://www.thelocal.de/20181127/survey-40-percent-fear-un-migration-pact-will-result-in-more-asylum-claims Tue, 27 Nov 2018 12:19:14 +0100 survey-40-percent-fear-un-migration-pact-will-result-in-more-asylum-claims Germany expects up to 100,000 undocumented migrants to leave the country in 2016, a number Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere Wednesday hailed as high but insufficient after last year's record influx. https://www.thelocal.de/20160601/germany-expects-to-see-100000-migrants-leave-this-year Wed, 01 Jun 2016 15:14:32 +0200 germany-expects-to-see-100000-migrants-leave-this-year Almost three months since the wave of sexual assaults and robberies in central Cologne on New Year's Eve, the first suspect has been charged with a sexual crime. https://www.thelocal.de/20160324/first-suspect-charged-with-sexual-assault-in-cologne Thu, 24 Mar 2016 16:00:58 +0100 first-suspect-charged-with-sexual-assault-in-cologne With large numbers of refugees building up in Greece after Austria and western Balkan nations closed their borders, Vienna has put the ball in Germany's court. https://www.thelocal.de/20160302/just-bring-refugees-straight-from-greece-austria-tells-merkel Wed, 02 Mar 2016 10:16:22 +0100 just-bring-refugees-straight-from-greece-austria-tells-merkel