Dutch Church Has Been Holding Service Continuously for Over a Month to Protect Refugee Family From Getting Deported
Over the last month, hundreds of pastors from all over the Netherlands have taken turns holding non-stop service at a Protestant church in the Hague, where a family of Armenian refugees scheduled for deportation has taken shelter. Dutch law prevents police from entering places of worship during prayers, and religious leaders are determined to continue […]
German Town Builds Huge Stone Wall to Separate Locals from Refugees
The Munich suburb of Neuperlach Sud has nearly completed a giant stone wall meant to separate the local population from around 160 unaccompanied child refugees set to move into a nearby shelter. The 4-meter-high barrier will be taller than the Berlin Wall (3.6 meters). After the local government decided to build a large refugee shelter approximately […]
Greek Man Provides Free Wi-Fi to Thousands of Refugees Near His Home
Thousands of refugees set up in a camp near the Greek village of Idomeni now have free access to Wi-Fi, thanks to an enterprising electrical engineer named Ilias Papadopoulos. Concerned that these people had no means of communicating with their loved ones either at home or waiting for them in other countries, he built a Wi-Fi station inside […]
Syrian Refugee Feeds Berlin Homeless as Way to Give Back to German People
Despite having lost everything, a Syrian refugee is doing his bit to return the kindness extended to him by German locals. For the past year, Alex Assali has been serving hot meals to the homeless in Berlin in order to “give something back to the people that helped him.” Assali arrived in Germany in 2007, after […]