Who is a German?
The threat of massive immigration into Western Europe has receded, but not the fear of it. In two articles we look at how Germany is balancing discouragement with welcome and at how Europe’s immigrants are faring
AN ITALIAN navy corvette collides with a boat crammed with Albanian refugees, killing at least 80 of them. A chartered aircraft plucks dozens of Bosnians from the German state of Bavaria and deposits them, against their will, in the country from which they fled. Six Turkish immigrants die in a fire in The Hague, the Netherlands' capital; arson is suspected.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Who is a German?”
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Emmanuel Macron shows off the gloriously restored Notre Dame
Five years after it was gutted by fire, the cathedral is more beautiful than ever
Ursula von der Leyen has a new doctrine for handling the hard right
The boss of the European Commission embarks on a second term
Marine Le Pen spooks the bond markets
She threatens to bring down the French government, but also faces a possible ban from politics
The maths of Europe’s military black hole
It needs to spend to defend, but voters may balk
Ukraine’s warriors brace for a Kremlin surge in the south
Vladimir Putin’s war machine is pushing harder and crushing Ukrainian morale
Vladimir Putin fires a new missile to amplify his nuclear threats
The attack on Ukraine is part of a new era of missile warfare