--- title: World: Why Germany Is Taking In Syria's Refugees description: Why Germany is welcoming Syrian refugees, what the Army knows about the rising suicide rate, talking race with kids, and more. canonical: https://time.com/4026598/germany-syria-refugees/ author: TIME article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-09T16:01:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:01:44.491Z article:section: Ideas og:title: Why Germany Is Taking In Syria's Refugees og:description: These are today's best ideas og:url: https://time.com/4026598/germany-syria-refugees/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Why Germany Is Taking In Syria's Refugees twitter:description: These are today's best ideas twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Why Germany Is Taking In Syria's Refugees by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Sep 9, 2015 4:01 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Sep 9, 2015 4:01 PM UTC **1\.** [**Germany isn’t taking in refugees just to be nice. It desperately needs workers.**](http://fortune.com/2015/09/08/germany-migrant-crisis/) By Claire Groden in Fortune **2\.** [**The Army thinks it knows why soldier suicide rates are climbing. Is it enough to stop more deaths?**](http://www.govexec.com/feature/unlocking-soldier-suicide/) By Frank Konkel in Government Executive **3\.** [**Let’s actually teach our kids to talk about race.**](http://qz.com/497387/american-children-need-to-stop-being-taught-to-fear-the-topic-of-race/) By Kristin Pauker and Evan Apfelbaum in Quartz **4\.** [**Find out why doctors are prescribing legal aid for their patients.**](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/doctors-prescribing-legal-aid-patients-need/) By Jackie Judd at PBS Newshour **5\.** [**What if Electoral College votes were assigned dynamically on Election Day?**](https://medium.com/@hodgesmr/earned-electoral-allocation-a9e806fadf0e) By Matt Hodges in Medium  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/) _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4026598/germany-syria-refugees/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4026598/germany-syria-refugees/"},"headline":"Why Germany Is Taking In Syria's Refugees","datePublished":"2015-09-09T16:01:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:01:44.491Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4026598/germany-syria-refugees/","keywords":["Innovation","Suicide","Army","Race","elections","Germany","Syrian refugees"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4026598/germany-syria-refugees/","name":"Why Germany Is Taking In Syria's Refugees"}}]}] ```