The rent-cap decision was taken by Berlin’s governing parties (SPD, the Left party and Greens) in reaction to the outcry of residents who have gone to the streets several times in recent years to protest the ever-increasing rent in the city.

A new UN study takes a closer look at who the migrants coming from Africa to Europe are – and why they left. One of the findings: Migrants are often more educated than their peers who stayed home.  Sertan Sanderson reports The vast majority of African migrants who live in Europe come from the most developed sections of their own …

“Many of the deportees roam about in Lagos and are homeless because no provisions had been made by the Germans or our own government for their dignified reception”