Refugees who poured into the country a decade ago fared better when they landed in the more prosperous West, an enduring legacy of reunification.
The Kadib Alban family and Christel Deutsch, right, in Ms. Deutsch’s home in Daun, Germany, last month. The Kadib Albans, who immigrated to western Germany from Syria, have faired better than many migrants who landed in the country’s east.