Migrant Crisis Series

Migrant Crisis Series

Migrant crisis – Paris attack to turn things for worse

Nov 16, 2015 02:45 am UTC| Insights & Views

Last Friday, Islamist militants launched well-coordinated attack in Paris, simultaneously at seven different places with automatic assault rifle and bombs, ending up killing about 130 people and hundreds more injured. In...

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Migrant crisis series – Economic weakness could prove costly for Merkel

Nov 09, 2015 09:13 am UTC| Insights & Views

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has been immensely popular, even throughout Euro Zone debt crisis is in tough spot this year. Her approval rating has fallen by record (though still well above 50%) and she is not the...

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Refugee crisis dents German consumer confidence

Oct 28, 2015 09:04 am UTC| Insights & Views

Refugee crisis seem to be having much greater impact on consumer psyche and most fearing that current crisis will deepen economic problems in Europes largest nation. So far this year hundreds of thousands of refugee...

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Can immigrants increase potential growth in Germany?

Oct 19, 2015 06:14 am UTC| Commentary

According to the findings of the 13th coordinated population estimate, in which the Federal Statistical Office assumes net immigration of 230,000 p.a., the population in Germany of working age (between 15 and 65) is...

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The overall fiscal cost of asylum immigration to Germany

Oct 19, 2015 06:12 am UTC| Commentary

In order to be able to assess the overall cost to Germany to the state of taking in refugees, it is necessary to determine firstly the average individual payments that immigrants, single people, married couples, young...

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Refugee crisis and UK referendum top of the list of EU leaders’ discussions

Oct 13, 2015 05:49 am UTC| Commentary

Three main items will be discussed at the 15/16 October European Council meeting, the refugee crisis, the euro area integration process, and the UK referendum. No major decision is expected on any of these topics,...

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European solidarity shatters as Slovakia moves to court over migrant quotas

Sep 30, 2015 14:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views

European Unity which was able to withstand financial storm and bailout for almost 5 years is now breaking up over migrant crisis. Slovakia has decided to file a case against European Council to European court of Justice...