Germany updates: Merkel reflects on 2015 refugee policy Kieran Burke ++++ © 2025 Deutsche Welle

As refugees arrived in 2015, Merkel said: 'We'll manage it' As displaced people arrived en masse in 2015, Chancellor Angela Merkel believed that Germany could accommodate them. Germany updates: Merkel reflects on 2015 refugee policy Kieran Burke with dpa, Reuters, AFP, AP Published 5 hours agoPublished 5 hours agolast updated 7 minutes agolast updated 7 minutes ago The former chancellor believes much has been achieved since allowing hundreds of thousands of refugees into Germany. Angela Merkel made the comments in an ARD documentary. DW has more. https://www.dw.com/en/germany-updates-merkel-reflects-on-2015-refugee-policy/live-73750112 © 2025 Deutsche Welle Big hopes and harsh realities: How migration shaped Germany Carolina Machhaus | Lisa Hänel | Peter Hille 08/14/2025August 14, 2025 In 2015, at the height of the refugee crisis, Germany welcomed hundreds of thousands of refugees. What has worked, what has failed – and what's the mood in the country today? https://www.dw.com/en/big-hopes-and-harsh-realities-how-migration-shaped-germany/video-73572121 © 2025 Deutsche Welle Germany expands border patrols as part of immigration plan Jens Thurau 05/17/2025May 17, 2025 Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt appeared at the Austro-German border to explain the government's new tougher border controls. The new government has made immigration policy a key part of its agenda. https://www.dw.com/en/germany-expands-border-patrols-as-part-of-immigration-plan/a-72570978 © 2025 Deutsche Welle Angela Merkel's Syrian 'daughter' Oliver Pieper 12/07/2021December 7, 2021 "We can do it," Germany's outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel said during the influx of refugees in 2015. One Syrian family named their daughter after her — and six years on, they still hold her in high esteem. https://www.dw.com/en/angela-merkels-syrian-daughter-will-not-forget-her/a-60037303 © 2025 Deutsche Welle