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Why more German Turkish voters could be voting for the anti-immigrant AfD
Germany heads to the polls on Sunday — and nearly 20% of its Turkish population is expected to back the far right, thanks in part to viral videos
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Filmmaker: Germany has learnt nothing from its history of anti-Muslim violence
Martina Priessner’s documentary The Mölln Letters, exploring how Germany fails the victims of far-right terror, opens at the Berlin film festival as elections dominated by anti-migrant rhetoric loom
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Cuts to Germany’s asylum mental health services put lives at risk, experts warn
Amid anti-immigration rhetoric stoked by a fatal stabbing in Aschaffenburg, trauma specialists say refugees need help just as resources are taken away
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Joy and fear of Berlin’s Syrians as they consider returning after fall of Assad
A million people fled civil war in Syria and built lives in Germany. As European governments encourage refugees to return, experts warn of the economic hole they may leave behind
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The electro club night serving Arab Berliners a dose of nostalgia — with a twist
Nour Nouralla founded Sahra to fill a gap in Berlin’s world-famous nightlife. But Germany’s cultural landscape remains hostile to Arab cultural events
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The three Dutch women fighting back against rising Islamophobia
Meld Islamofobie’s co-founder reflects on a decade in which the far right has moved from the fringes to Geert Wilders leading the Dutch coalition government
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Austrian Muslims fear deportation after far right wins vote on ‘remigration’ platform
The Freedom party may struggle to form a government despite its historic election victory, but Muslim leaders report fears that its policy pledge to deport people from migrant backgrounds may become law
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Why is the far right thriving in Thuringia?
In September, the east German state became the first to vote for anti-immigrant party the AfD. For the thousands of Muslim asylum seekers living there, safety is an ever-growing concern
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Legal ordeal just strengthened my resolve to speak out, says German pro-Palestine activist
Ava Moayeri is among nearly 3,000 people investigated by Berlin police on suspicion of crimes relating to pro-Palestine activism
