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As winter looms, Germany struggles to find homes for refugees
Reuters ^ | October 15, 2015

Posted on 10/18/2015 4:37:13 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

t a sprawling camp in the German town of Celle, refugees wearing thick sweaters sit around a heater smoking cigarettes as rain beats down on the cramped white tent that has become their home. Some of them are ill and worried it will snow.

"The weather is so cold that I can't even leave the tent," said Taher, a 25-year-old Syrian farmer. Sitting on his camp bed surrounded by wet washing that hangs limply from tent poles, he reaches for a box of cough medicine.

With the approach of winter, authorities are scrambling to find warm places to stay for the thousands of refugees streaming into Germany every day. In desperation, they have turned to sports halls, youth hostels and empty office buildings.

But as these options dry up, tent cities have become the fall-back plan: despite falling temperatures, a survey by German newspaper Die Welt showed at least 42,000 refugees were still living in tents.

The challenge of finding adequate housing is turning into one of the biggest tests for the government of Angela Merkel, who has stuck doggedly to her mantra "Wir schaffen das" ("we can do this") in the face of rising public scepticism.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Germany; Israel; Russia; Syria; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alexistsipras; angelamerkel; astroturf; christianvonstetten; europeanunion; france; germany; germanyjihad; greece; hijrah; iran; israel; jihad; kgb; lebanon; nato; patricelumumbaschool; putinsbuttboys; rainerwendt; refugeecrisis; russia; russianstooges; syria; syriza; unitedkingdom; vladtheimploder; waronterror
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To: rigelkentaurus
Maybe send the invaders on a winter invasion of Russia?


21 posted on 10/18/2015 4:55:52 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican (.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Maybe Glenn Beck will send them some teddy bears.


22 posted on 10/18/2015 5:10:43 PM PDT by chris37 (heartless)
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To: MinorityRepublican

“”The weather is so cold that I can’t even leave the tent,” said Taher, a 25-year-old Syrian farmer.”

I’ve got a couple of suggestions for you, Taher: (i) live in a hole dug into a snow bank, or (ii) walk back to Krapistan. You won’t be missed.


23 posted on 10/18/2015 5:13:33 PM PDT by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Running in place can keep you warm.

Fighting for your country in a warm climate can keep you warm.

Here’s to hoping the able bodied young “refugee” men freeze to death in Germany and resort to cannibalism.


24 posted on 10/18/2015 5:17:27 PM PDT by dp0622
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To: MinorityRepublican

send them to their real homes ( or lose yours)

ASAP


25 posted on 10/18/2015 5:21:05 PM PDT by faithhopecharity (Brilliant, funny, and incisive Tagline coming to this space soon.....)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Find them homes in Arabia.


26 posted on 10/18/2015 5:23:31 PM PDT by arthurus (Het is waar. Tutti i liberali sono feccia.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Easily solved: SEND THEM BACK!!!


27 posted on 10/18/2015 5:26:26 PM PDT by Utilizer (Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the muzlims trying to kill them)
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To: MinorityRepublican

[...authorities are scrambling to find warm places to stay for the thousands of refugees...]

C’mon Germany, you are known for making very efficient furnaces that put out a lot of heat, get busy.


28 posted on 10/18/2015 5:28:09 PM PDT by RetSignman (Obama is the walking, talking middle finger in the face of America)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Send them all to Merkel’s house - yard, front and back porch, roof, basement, whatever.....let her take care of them. AND every other politician who hasn’t opposed her idiot idea!!!


29 posted on 10/18/2015 5:35:46 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: MinorityRepublican
you mean there's a possibility that thousands of murdering, raping, ungrateful, jihadi terrorists will freeze to death?

and the bad news is??

30 posted on 10/18/2015 5:41:58 PM PDT by SteveinSATX (C'mon Cruz, Trump or Carson ...baby needs a new pair of shoes!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

aaaah. Life in the fake refugee lane.


31 posted on 10/18/2015 5:46:36 PM PDT by 867V309 (Trump: Bull in a RINO Shoppe)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Shoulda thought of that, murkel.


32 posted on 10/18/2015 5:46:50 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Vaginas. The Army had us in tents one winter.
Let them cook pigs


33 posted on 10/18/2015 5:48:07 PM PDT by Bibman ("We are the dead" Winston Smith 1984)
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To: MinorityRepublican

The US has cut back on its military presence in Germany. There ought to be some old Kasernen around somewhere.


34 posted on 10/18/2015 5:56:47 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: 867V309

Yes We Camp!

Those tents would be ideal for a desert.


35 posted on 10/18/2015 5:59:00 PM PDT by FirstFlaBn
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To: butlerweave
"I hope the Germans put in an order for the Coldest Winter in 500 years"

Perhaps they should remember to order one of those Russian winters from the early '40s?

36 posted on 10/18/2015 6:03:45 PM PDT by W. (I piss on the militant muslims & their horrid koran! GTFO of my America!)
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To: CodeToad

3 points! Snicker...


37 posted on 10/18/2015 6:04:29 PM PDT by W. (I piss on the militant muslims & their horrid koran! GTFO of my America!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

I hear tell that there is this whole country made just for Syrians. I bet they can find a place for them there.


38 posted on 10/18/2015 6:07:47 PM PDT by I Hired Craig Livingstone (DT16. Deal with it.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

I hear tell that there is this whole country made just for Syrians. I bet they can find a place for them there.


39 posted on 10/18/2015 6:07:47 PM PDT by I Hired Craig Livingstone (DT16. Deal with it.)
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To: PAR35
There ought to be some old Kasernen around somewhere.

There have been several articles on FR about such conversions recently.

40 posted on 10/18/2015 6:17:04 PM PDT by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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