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Germany: Resolute Refugees

August 25, 2014

Europe's refugee dramas usually take place off the coast of the Italian island of Lampedusa. Year after year, tens of thousands of people fleeing Africa get stranded there. But hardly any of them want to stay in Italy.

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For decades the Berlin district of Kreuzberg has been thought of as unconventional and nonconformist. For several months, it's also been accommodating several dozen refugees from Morocco, Senegal, Sudan and other African countries. But the immigrants from Africa haven't found a permanent home here. They are living in a disused school, tolerated by the authorities, eyed warily by residents, beset by the police. Because most are threatened with expulsion, some took refuge on the roof of the school. A report from Berlin.

Deutschland - Flüchtlinge in Berlin
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