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 Prosecutors in Regensburg revealed on Monday that an Afghan asylum seeker who stabbed a five-year-old boy to death on Saturday was wearing an ankle monitor at the time. https://www.thelocal.de/20170606/man-who-murdered-young-child-in-refugee-home-was-ex-convict Tue, 06 Jun 2017 12:03:35 +0200 man-who-murdered-young-child-in-refugee-home-was-ex-convict After dozens of people were injured in a fire at a refugee home near Paderborn, western Germany, five residents of the home have been arrested. https://www.thelocal.de/20170106/five-arrests-made-after-arson-at-refugee-home Fri, 06 Jan 2017 15:32:31 +0100 five-arrests-made-after-arson-at-refugee-home The former head of an emergency refugee shelter is on trial this week in Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, accused of raping a female asylum seeker several times. https://www.thelocal.de/20161115/asylum-home-boss-on-trial-over-rape-of-refugee Tue, 15 Nov 2016 16:16:33 +0100 asylum-home-boss-on-trial-over-rape-of-refugee The mayor of the small northern town of Oersdorf, Schleswig-Holstein, was beaten up by an as yet unknown person, police reported on Friday, seemingly because of plans to provide a home for refugees. https://www.thelocal.de/20160930/small-town-mayor-beaten-up-for-plan-to-house-refugees Fri, 30 Sep 2016 12:27:05 +0200 small-town-mayor-beaten-up-for-plan-to-house-refugees All Islamic buildings in the capital of Saxony have been put under police protection on Tuesday after explosive devices were detonated at a mosque and a congress centre in the city. https://www.thelocal.de/20160927/bombs-hit-mosque-congress-centre-in-germany-dresden-attack-bomb Tue, 27 Sep 2016 12:06:34 +0200 bombs-hit-mosque-congress-centre-in-germany-dresden-attack-bomb A firefighter and his friend were sentenced to prison on Monday for arson after they set fire to a refugee home in western Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20160912/fireman-gets-6-years-prison-for-setting-fire-to-refugee-home Mon, 12 Sep 2016 17:06:58 +0200 fireman-gets-6-years-prison-for-setting-fire-to-refugee-home The emails published by Berlin media reveal that refugee home managers pondered setting up a "child guillotine" and giving certain jobs to the "maximally pigmented". https://www.thelocal.de/20160815/refugee-home-leaders-caught-joking-about-child-guillotine Mon, 15 Aug 2016 13:19:23 +0200 refugee-home-leaders-caught-joking-about-child-guillotine A fire broke out at refugee accommodations made of shipping containers in a district in the far north of the capital early on Monday morning. https://www.thelocal.de/20160808/arson-suspected-at-berlin-refugee-home-blaze Mon, 08 Aug 2016 19:49:44 +0200 arson-suspected-at-berlin-refugee-home-blaze Concerns about far-right violence have prompted the northern German city of Rostock to stop construction plans for a new asylum home meant for families. https://www.thelocal.de/20160805/rostock-halts-plans-for-asylum-home-over-far-right-fears Fri, 05 Aug 2016 12:11:34 +0200 rostock-halts-plans-for-asylum-home-over-far-right-fears An entire 5,000 square-metre refugee home in Düsseldorf went up in flames while 130 people were inside on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160607/130-refugees-rescued-as-home-goes-up-in-flames Tue, 07 Jun 2016 20:12:50 +0200 130-refugees-rescued-as-home-goes-up-in-flames A video showing a mob of people chanting slogans at a bus full of visibly shaken refugees has sparked outrage among German social media users. https://www.thelocal.de/20160219/anti-refugee-mob-video-sparks-online-outrage Fri, 19 Feb 2016 15:28:58 +0100 anti-refugee-mob-video-sparks-online-outrage Temporary refugee homes could appear on the grounds of Berlin's former Tempelhof Airport - if planners can overturn a recent law that prevents building on one of Berlin's most iconic public parks. https://www.thelocal.de/20151118/former-berlin-airfield-could-house-refugees Wed, 18 Nov 2015 11:29:53 +0100 former-berlin-airfield-could-house-refugees The airport used to deliver supplies to West Berliners during the Cold War will be transformed into a refugee shelter this week, Berlin state government announced on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150914/former-berlin-airport-will-house-refugees Mon, 14 Sep 2015 17:56:49 +0200 former-berlin-airport-will-house-refugees Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel is to visit the Saxon town of Heidenau on Monday after far right demonstrators clashed with police outside a refugee home in the town over the weekend. https://www.thelocal.de/20150824/saxony-seeks-harsher-punishments-for-far-right-violence Mon, 24 Aug 2015 11:20:02 +0200 saxony-seeks-harsher-punishments-for-far-right-violence The car of a left-wing politician was blown up early on Monday morning in an east German town that has been the scene of fierce anti-refugee protests, with the politician claiming he is "top of the hit list" for the far-right. https://www.thelocal.de/20150727/attacks-on-refugees-continue-over-weekend Mon, 27 Jul 2015 10:36:43 +0200 attacks-on-refugees-continue-over-weekend