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December 19, 2017

German churches act as buffer for refugees with sanctuary program

A group of migrants from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, on their way to seek asylum in Germany or Austria, walk Jan. 24 along the frozen route from the border between Serbia and Macedonia to a temporary camp for migrants Jan. 2016.
BERLIN – Sitting on the bare pavement outside a Catholic church, an Afghan refugee woman, dressed in a bright floral headscarf, calls out plaintively to passersby, begging for coins.
Published in International