Germany's Interior Ministry

Germany's Interior Ministry has come under fire from the left-wing opposition after a decision to bring down the number of asylum-seeking family members allowed into the country from Greece to 70 a month, Deutsche Welle reports.

A group of 38 Afghans arrived in Kabul from Germany on Dec. 15, the first to be deported under an agreement reached between the two countries this year, following the rejection of their applications for asylum. 

Eleven Turkish nationals in a martial arts group have applied for asylum in Germany after police determined they had not come to take part in a karate tournament as they said, a police spokesman said on Dec. 10.