Germany is receiving more asylum seekers than any other EU country, with all the challenges that presents.
One refugee camp in Friedland in Lower Saxony, meant for 700 people, is now housing more than 3,000.
“There is no place to go, no place to sleep,” said one young man taking shelter there.
“Yesterday we slept in the restaurant (dining room). Some people slept outside, some people in the corridor. There is simply no place. It is too crowded.”
German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere visited the Friedland camp on Tuesday as Berlin confirmed that it would handle all Syrians’ asylum claims – thus suspending EU rules requiring those seeking refuge to apply in the first member state they enter.
Germany opens its gates to Syrian asylum-seekers, makes Britain look terrible http://t.co/3UXUILqoHi pic.twitter.com/lh1ex4cuX6— The Independent (@Independent) August 25, 2015
Friedland’s Mayor Andreas Friedrich told the minister that local people welcomed the new arrivals but ur
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