German border and hearts opened to thousands of relieved refugees
- 9 years ago
Germany’s welcome couldn’t have been warmer for the thousands of exhausted migrants and refugees who entered the country from Hungary, via Austria, on Saturday.
Clapped and cheered as they got off trains in Munich, new arrivals queued at registration tents to be screened, fed and clothed.
Some carried pictures of Chancellor Angela Merkel.
By throwing open Germany’s borders, she has made the refugees’ dream possible – the dream of living safely away from the bloodshed of a civil war and of making a fresh start.
Germany’s chancellor is brave, decisive and right http://t.co/p7NQo0GTFt pic.twitter.com/5SrmlnhNXY— The Economist (@TheEconomist) September 5, 2015
“My shop is bombed. My house bombed. I decided to go from Syria. I hope to find here a better life to me and to my family,” said 37-year-old shopkeeper Homam Shehade.
German children offered gifts to new arrivals their own age and German adults spoke about welcoming the refugees – seeing it almost as a duty.
“I come fr
Clapped and cheered as they got off trains in Munich, new arrivals queued at registration tents to be screened, fed and clothed.
Some carried pictures of Chancellor Angela Merkel.
By throwing open Germany’s borders, she has made the refugees’ dream possible – the dream of living safely away from the bloodshed of a civil war and of making a fresh start.
Germany’s chancellor is brave, decisive and right http://t.co/p7NQo0GTFt pic.twitter.com/5SrmlnhNXY— The Economist (@TheEconomist) September 5, 2015
“My shop is bombed. My house bombed. I decided to go from Syria. I hope to find here a better life to me and to my family,” said 37-year-old shopkeeper Homam Shehade.
German children offered gifts to new arrivals their own age and German adults spoke about welcoming the refugees – seeing it almost as a duty.
“I come fr