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Hands that tell a life story - the KOMPASS 70+ project aims to help older people shape the end of their lives themselves. © pixabay/Sabine van Erp

New research project: Shaping the end of life yourself

What should the end of life look like - and who decides? A new project in Dresden is tackling precisely these questions. "KOMPASS 70+" by Volkssolidarität Dresden helps older people to shape the last phase of their lives in a self-determined way at an early stage. The Evangelische Hochschule Dresden is providing scientific support for the project.

River Star symbolizes American dream, photo by Otfrid Weiss 2021

Migration then and now

Migration is an ancient mechanism of human development. Triggers and drivers of migration movements are poverty, famine and droughts, wars, revolutions and genocide. Immigration into our social systems plays a minor role. But abuse of temporary identity documents should be prevented.