Behishta (19) has been living in Germany for a year. Her dreams of becoming a fashion designer were destroyed by the Taliban, just like her life in her home country Afghanistan. Here in Germany, Behista is fighting to be allowed to stay, to finally make her dreams come true.
While the world is looking at Ukraine and the EU welcomes people fleeing war there with enormous solidarity, there are still refugees in the border region of Poland and Belarus. About the situation on the ground, criminalization of helpers and human suffering.
In this column, Angelika, a lawyer in our team, addresses legal questions. Today we are talking about papers that are important when looking to sign a lease. What to do if no valid passport can be presented when signing the contract?
Between March 15 and 18 2021 many Syrians celebrated or rather commemorated the 10th anniversary of the Syrian revolution. A revolution that turned into a civil war and a regional crisis with international consequences.
With the Taliban taking power, the situation in Afghanistan has changed drastically. Learn more about the consequences of this for a current residence status and about the options now available for endangered people in Afghanistan.
For people from Ukraine now seeking protection in Germany there are many questions. Angelika explains the most important regulations concerning their residence.
Fouad Samier Yazji is a writer from Homs, Syria. His religious criticism felt in his texts led to a political persecution and later to his escape. In 2015 he came to Germany on a scolarship.
In Afghanistan, boys are abused by influential men and kept as their sex slaves. The "Bacha Bazi" is forbidden, but it is never prosecuted. Thus, forced prostitution is still a reality in some parts of Afghanistan today.