Hundreds of individuals marched in Berlin on Sunday demanding that the federal government do extra to assist migrants caught in Greece, lots of whom have been made homeless since fires ravaged the nation’s largest refugee camp.
The group marched by the capital to the landmark Victory Column carrying indicators with slogans like “we’ve area” and “Seehofer, be a Christian” — a reference to Inside Minister Horst Seehofer.
A little bit lady held an indication saying “let the individuals in” whereas a lady waved a placard saying “Individuals are struggling, Fortress Europe seems on — and cuddles as much as the proper.”
Greater than 12,000 migrants and refugees fled the fires, which the Greek authorities says had been intentionally set by a small group of Afghan migrants to protest a virus lockdown on the Moria camp. Hundreds have slept open air on a close-by roadside within the nights for the reason that blazes.
Germany’s authorities stated final week it will soak up 1,553 migrants — 408 households with kids — from varied Greek islands who have already got been granted protected standing in Greece. The transfer got here on high of a call to absorb as much as 150 unaccompanied kids as a part of a European effort.
The weekend demonstrators demanded that Germany do extra, and that the federal government not block impartial state or municipal efforts to absorb refugees themselves.
About 3,000 individuals had registered to participate within the march, however police instructed the dpa information company the group numbered within the “mid four-digit vary.”
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