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  • Wahlplakate in Frankfurt am Main
    German elections 2025

    The myth of the "dual national criminal"

    In this election campaign, people with "migrant backgrounds" are being depicted as a threat to public safety. The term "criminal foreigners" is being widely used, and candidates are calling for the revocation of dual citizenship. But these arguments have no basis in fact.

  •  The storefront where a bomb exploded 20 years ago, the shop window filled with portraits of people
    Germany's multicultural society

    Racism 'on the rise' 20 years after NSU bombing

    On 9 June 2004, a nail bomb exploded in the heart of a bustling Turkish community in Cologne. German officials quickly rejected the notion that the attack was motivated by racism – and they accused the victims instead

  • Women burn incense in a procession during a mass funeral for Yazidi victims of Islamic State (IS) in the northern Iraqi village of Kojo in Sinjar district
    German immigration policy

    Yazidis relive the horror as deportation looms

    Recently Germany's "culture of welcome" has given way to a much tougher asylum and immigration policy. Now Yazidi survivors of IS genocide face an uncertain, potentially re-traumatising future

  • Around 35,000 people also took part in the protests in Hanover
    German demonstrations against right-wing extremism

    "Never again" is now

    Ever since the AfD's plans to deport immigrants were publicised, hundreds of thousands of people across Germany have taken to the streets in protest

  • A sticker that says "Defend Europe" attached to a roadside post
    Germany's 'remigration' debate

    Calls to ban far-right AfD

    Far-right groups in Germany reportedly have a plan for the mass deportation of millions of citizens. Lawmakers from the far-right Alternative for Germany party are implicated

  • As Sweden grapples with the diplomatic fallout of a series of Koran burnings, radicals on all sides are rubbing their hands and exploiting the moment.
    Sweden Koran burnings

    Playing to the radicals

    As Sweden grapples with the diplomatic fallout of a series of Koran burnings, radicals on all sides are rubbing their hands and exploiting the moment. Birgit Svensson travelled from Baghdad to Stockholm to get the full picture

  • Canan Topcu in 1972 in Turkey, shortly before her migration to Germany. She stands beside her class teacher on the school grounds in Gemlik, south of Istanbul.
    Integration versus racism

    I don't see myself as a victim

    Canan Topcu came from Turkey to Germany as a child. In her essay, she describes how bothered she was by the racism she encountered in her country of origin when she travelled there recently. She describes her very personal take on identity, racism and exclusion

  • Interfaith projects present an excellent alternative for local mosques and Islamic associations looking to build trust and boost their religion’s image.
    Interfaith cooperation and integration

    Germany’s first Christian-Muslim kindergarten

    Despite early learning being linked to better chances in later life, Muslim parents in Germany are currently less likely to send their kids to kindergarten. A pioneering interfaith project in Gifhorn presents an appealing alternative, promoting integration in partnership with local church and state actors. Arndt-Walter Emmerich reports

  • Djinns, migration and racism

    "You don't have to be Huseyin or Emine to understand"

    Columnist and editor Fatma Aydemir is one of the most scintillating voices in new German literature. In her latest novel, "Djinns", she tells a migrant family story from six different perspectives. Interview by Schayan Riaz

  • Turkey's Syrian problem

    Refugees – a hot topic in Turkish politics

    With tensions rising dangerously amid a burgeoning economic crisis, the Turkish government’s refugee policy – ad hoc, miscalculated and unclear – is making Syrians an easy target for the opposition. Ayse Karabat reports from Istanbul

  • First ever antidiscrimination chatbot

    Meta: standing up to racism

    Former lawyer Said Haider has invented a chatbot for those seeking advice on anti-discrimination issues – Meta is the first chatbot of its kind in the world. In conversation with Qantara.de, Haider talks about the development of Meta, his experience of discrimination and Meta's future prospects

  • Politicians with a migrant background, such as Serap Guler, are few and far between in the German Bundestag.
    Germany's general election

    Not enough migrants in German politics

    One in four people in Germany has a migration background, but less than 8% of the members of parliament have foreign roots. Germany is out of touch with reality, says Maissun Melhem

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