I spent w week in Hannover, Munich and Hamburg.
Arrived at Munich train station and refugees all over the place. Children walking around unaccompanied. People sleeping on the floor. Police all over the place. Lots of volunteers who brought the refugees food and clothing. There were some ugly scenes but majority of Germans were nice and welcoming to the refugees.
Here's what I took away from my week in Germany.
1. A lot of refugees were heading towards Sweden cos of family connections.
2. The demographics of the refugees were mainly Arabs, Kurds and Afghans. I met 2 Eritreans amongst the thousands of refugees.
3. Germans are landheers of Europe. Unlike Hungarians. I've never seen so many volunteers in one place. They brought lots of baby food, drinks, clothes etc. In Flensburg (a small town on the German - Danish border) even the local politicians and councilmen came and helped, and shook the hands of every single refugee.
So, seeing their dhibaato first hand made me feel bad for them. I had 40 Euros in my pocket and gave it all to a Syrian guy who was there with his wife and 2 kids. They had walked miles up to the Austrian border.
Arrived at Munich train station and refugees all over the place. Children walking around unaccompanied. People sleeping on the floor. Police all over the place. Lots of volunteers who brought the refugees food and clothing. There were some ugly scenes but majority of Germans were nice and welcoming to the refugees.
Here's what I took away from my week in Germany.
1. A lot of refugees were heading towards Sweden cos of family connections.
2. The demographics of the refugees were mainly Arabs, Kurds and Afghans. I met 2 Eritreans amongst the thousands of refugees.
3. Germans are landheers of Europe. Unlike Hungarians. I've never seen so many volunteers in one place. They brought lots of baby food, drinks, clothes etc. In Flensburg (a small town on the German - Danish border) even the local politicians and councilmen came and helped, and shook the hands of every single refugee.
So, seeing their dhibaato first hand made me feel bad for them. I had 40 Euros in my pocket and gave it all to a Syrian guy who was there with his wife and 2 kids. They had walked miles up to the Austrian border.