Why the refugee crisis could cost Angela Merkel her job
Posted on | February 9, 2016 | No Comments
Why the refugee crisis could cost Angela Merkel her job
Berlin’s legacy of division is clear to anyone visiting the German capital. Sections of the wall that once separated the democratic West from the Communist East have been left standing as reminders of the costs of partition. During an interview in November, Berlin’s mayor, Michael Müller, said the city, like the rest of Germany, was “overrun by the big number of refugees,” adding that in one month the capital took in more people than in the past three years. In January, Berlin’s Refugee Council, an independent organization that helps refugees, said that 85 percent of asylum seekers in Berlin were living in schools, gyms, a disused airport and various other large buildings that the authorities had repurposed for housing.
Newsweek
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