German naturalisations hit historic record for a fifth year running
Syrians continued to form the largest group receiving German passports by a wide margin.
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City of Hamburg spent almost €600 million to house asylum seekers in hotels
The city administration of Hamburg has spent €593 million between 2022 and 2025 to pay for hotel rooms for asylum seekers.
Thousands of German language classes abandoned: Migrants don’t want to become Austrian
Austria’s coalition government is debating the introduction of a law requiring asylum seekers and other refugees to fulfil “integration obligations” under…
Germany sent abroad more than €500m in child benefits in 2025
The German state has paid out a record sum in child benefits to recipients abroad in 2025, latest numbers by the Federal Employment Agency (BfA) show.
Most German welfare recipients ‘not looking for work’, study finds
Most recipients of the German Bürgergeld (citizen’s stipend) are not actively looking for work.
German researchers fail to measure extent of social benefits as there are too many
Munich-based ifo Institute for Economic Research specialists were unable to find the total amount of social benefits people received in Germany due to the high number…
German district chief: ‘Mandatory community service for welfare recipients’
A politician from eastern Germany is demanding the introduction of mandatory community service for recipients of social welfare payments in Germany.
Germany’s Söder demands end of welfare payments to Ukrainian refugees
German Conservative heavyweight politician Markus Söder said he wanted to exclude Ukrainians in Germany from the country’s increasingly expensive social welfare…
A record 742,000 pensioners in Germany now depend on welfare
The number of German old-age pensioners relying on social welfare has risen by 32 per cent since 2020, to a record 742,000.
Asylum seekers in Vienna ‘better off on welfare than Austrian workers’, ministry data suggests
New data has revealed that asylum seeker families in Vienna could receive almost €50,000 a year in benefits, sparking a debate about what some saw as overly generous…
Preferential treatment for asylum seekers at dentists’ angers Germans
An investigative report on the differences in treatment of patients with various kinds of insurance by German dentists is causing outrage in Germany because it showed…
Berlin daily sex crimes soared by 79% last year, report finds
In Berlin, sexual crimes soared last year, according to local government data.
Danish Government aims to screen ‘personal views’ of citizenship applicants
The Danish Government has been pushing forward with a new step in its citizenship process: Screening applicants for "anti-democratic attitudes".
Danish minister plans crackdown on ‘non-Western’ migrants who claim early pensions
Danish Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal (Venstre) Party, Troels Lund Poulsen, has announced plans to review "non-Western immigrant" access to early…
Half a billion euros in German child-benefit sent outside the country, government says
More than €500 million in German child benefit allowance payments was sent outside the country in 2023, government data provided to local media outlets has shown.
Denmark’s hardline immigration model eyed by neighbours as EP elections nears
With a year of elections ahead, including the European Parliament vote in June, the Danish model of immigration policy is spreading to its European neighbours.
Mass immigration comes at a huge cost and where migrants come from matters: It is time Europe’s mainstream politicians acknowledged these truths
In 2007, Philippe Legrain published the book Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them with Princeton University Press in which he claimed that “sober-minded economists…
Stop giving cash to asylum seekers, German liberals demand
Germany should stop handing cash to migrants claiming asylum there, one of the parties that make up the country's ruling coalition has said.
Former German president Gauck wants new limit on immigration
Joachim Gauck, former president of Germany, said there is a loss of control at the borders and he praised the Danish approach as an example of how the situation…