Oberhausen: Alya travelling with a baby

For many of the three-quarters of a million migrants to reach Europe's shores in 2015, Germany was the intended destination.

It expects at least 800,000 asylum applications this year alone and there are predictions of well over one million.

Oberhausen in the populous North Rhine-Westphalia region is one of the many villages, towns and cities to receive an influx of refugees.

Ayla Aljazaerli is one of the recent arrivals. The 18-year-old made the difficult journey from Damascus in Syria with her husband and their baby son Rami.

She says she is immensely grateful that Germany has welcomed them.