As winter looms, Germany struggles to find homes for refugees

Reuters ^ | October 15, 2015

[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.

[Balding_Eagle]

Maybe Glenn Beck will send them some teddy bears.

Didn't Cruz accompany Glenn when he did that?

Maybe Cruz can bring some along this time too.

[RetiredTexasVet]

Tents should be OK and maybe a few sheep and goats for “company” on those long cold German winter nights.

[98ZJ USMC]

a 25-year-old Syrian farmer

o.O

Uh-huh......

[chris37]

I’m not sure, but I think he may have.

[ClearCase_guy]

[Myrddin]

Winter may be the best thing that could happen. Let them freeze and die or go back to their warm homeland. The invaders are not welcome.

[BBell]

Diesel-powered heaters pump warm air into the tents at a cost of 4,000 euros per day.

The Nazi's came up with a low tech way to deal with a similar situation. It also involved diesels.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Now that’s just mean.

Still I wonder who’s behind these liberals.

[Balding_Eagle]

He did.

I was being polite.

Cruz encouraged illegal immigration with that act.

[chris37]

You know, to be honest, I think I had forgotten about that.

That was a really stupid thing to do.

I don’t think that Cruz is in the proper frame of mind about the invasion of America.

[caww]

"People told me I was going to paradise and Aunt Merkel would make everything good," said Khaldoon Kareem, 27, a dentist from Iraq. "When I saw the tent I thought, Aunt Merkel is bad."....(hahahaha)

Canteen in refugee site

HEATERS FOR TENTS

[caww]

Refugee “chair fight” at camp site.....multiculturalism at it's best!...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JQrIPm9Jrc

[Bon mots]

It’s warm in Saudi Arabia. It’s warm in Somalia.

[Mark17]

Refugee “chair fight” at camp site.....multiculturalism at it's best!...

Yep. Incredible isn't it?

[x_plus_one]

Don’t wait for the nintendo generation to do anything but place a text message order for more pizza.

[x_plus_one]

The day after cant come too soon.