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| Compiled on August 31, 2015, 06:57 PM CET |
| DARK GERMANY, BRIGHT GERMANY Which Side Will Prevail Under Strain of Refugees? Germany is experiencing an unprecedented influx of immigrants who will fundamentally change the country. They represent a burden, but also a chance to create a New Germany, one that is more cosmopolitan and generous. By SPIEGEL Staff |
| COUNTERING THE HATE 'People Are Getting Involved in Tremendous Ways' Around 800,000 refugees are expected to arrive in Germany this year, with the number of Syrians growing rapidly. Manfred Schmidt, Germany's top migration official, discusses how the country is coping with the massive influx. |
| EX SCHRÖDER AIDE ON 9/11 'We Thought the Americans Would Overreact' Michael Steiner was in Prague in 1989 and at Chancellor Gerhard Schröder's side on Sept. 11, 2001. In an interview, he tells SPIEGEL how the US considered a nuclear attack on Afghanistan and about finding a bug in his phone at the Chancellery. |
| RX FOR PROSPERITY German Companies See Refugees as Opportunity The German business community views the recent influx of refugees as an opportunity to help companies grow and ensure long-term prosperity. Many are calling for bureaucratic red tape to be lifted so that new arrivals can enter the labor market faster. |
| MASS MIGRATION What Is Driving the Balkan Exodus? More than a third of all asylum-seekers arriving in Germany come from Albania, Kosovo and Serbia. Young, poor and disillusioned with their home countries, they are searching for a better future. But almost none of them will be allowed to stay. |
