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Controversial map displaying refugee homes causes a stir in Germany
Activists fear an online map apparently created by a neo-Nazi group and which shows the locations of refugee homes and planned shelters across Germany could lead to more attacks against asylum seekers.
Every red dot on the map represents a shelter for asylum seekers - and there are red dots all over Germany.
A quick look at the online map, whose title translates roughly to "No refugee center in my backyard", suggests there is little space left in Germany that isn't already home to an asylum center or refugee shelter. Dots on the map are of equal size regardless of whether an address houses a single refugee or over a hundred.
A click on a dot offers more information - often, it's a full address with a street name and number. Sometimes the extra information spells out how many refugees currently live at a shelter or details how many people will reside at a center currently under construction. The former British military base in Niederkrchten, for example, is expected to house "up to 1,000 asylum seekers," the map said.
In other instances, it's pointed out how refugees are "taking over" - a former medical clinic will be turned into a home for asylum seekers, just like a former school gym or a parish hall.
Map linked to neo-Nazi group
The creators of the map, which uses the Google Map service, have requested help filling in details about the refugee homes' locations and sizes from people willing to send addresses to an email address that appears to be affiliated with German neo-Nazi group "The Third Way." The group has published guidelines with the same title as the map and gives detailed information on how to prevent shelters for asylum seekers.
The group also provides a guide on how to organize anti-asylum demonstrations, mobilize people against the construction of refugee accommodation and put pressure on local politicians so that the shelters are not built to avoid what the group calls the "flood of asylum seekers."
http://www.dw.com/en/controversial-map-displaying-refugee-homes-causes-a-stir-in-germany/a-18589749
Asylum seekers face increasing violence in Germany
In May, following a community soccer tournament in the rural town of Neuhardenberg, a group of local young men targeted the team of asylum seekers who had also taken part in the competition.
"When we went out of the field, they shouted at us and threw bananas at us," recalled Rashid Ahmed, an asylum seeker from Somalia, who lives in Neuhardenberg – population 3000, located 60 miles east of Berlin – and was part of the asylum-seekers’ soccer team.
Throwing of bananas at people is a form racist expression that could be seen in soccer stadiums throughout Europe, often directed at black players. And the Neuhardenberg attack did not end there. One of Ahmed’s teammates was kicked in the back, and the attackers threatened to come to the asylum-seekers’ dormitories to continue the fight. Police investigation later confirmed the xenophobic background of the incident, and suspects were detected.
The 26-year old Ahmed, who lives with his wife in state-provided dormitory housing on the outskirts of Neuhardenberg, fled to Europe in 2013 because of the civil war in his native country. Ahmed is one of tens of thousands of people who entered the European Union via the dangerous and often deadly sea journey from Libya to Italy, on board smuggling boats.
Full report:
http://america.aljazeera.com/articl...kers-face-increasing-violence-in-germany.html
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