In Munich, where many refugees pass through on their way to their final destination, IKEA has run out of beds as the local government has bought up the entire stock to house the new arrivals.
“People who arrive in Munich don’t get registered here at all – they’re distributed all over Germany“, said Christoph Hillenbrand, senior administrator of the Upper Bavaria district around Munich.
In August, approximately 120,000 refugees arrived at Munich’s train station with many others spread across Europe.
Germans have started to say that they are the “Americans of Europe” and a significant influx of refugees could even change the demographics, perhaps also making their country, a more diverse, and open society.
Interpreters talking with the refugees say most speak Arabic, Persian or Pashtu.
Germany’s coalition agreement included widening the list of countries deemed “safe”, meaning their citizens generally have no claim to asylum, to include Kosovo, Albania and Montenegro.
The refugees are rapidly delivered to shelters sports places or colleges quickly designed with platforms and mattresses, but nothing prevents them from departing to-go everywhere they need.
Authorities calculate nearly 40 percentage of these coming this season originate from the Balkans most is likely to be refused asylum Syrians considered worth safety from their conflict.
The usual registration procedure is so detailed that refugees would be stuck at the German-Austrian frontier for days or weeks if the bureaucracy insisted on checking them all first, he adds.
In normal times, asylum seekers are photographed and fingerprinted and have to show passports and any other official papers to prove their identity. When the National Workplace for Refugees and Migration has any uncertainties, it may operate a specialized evaluation of the files.
Asylum seekers can also be recorded speaking their native tongues.
This time, it is not just the apparent efficiency that has a flip side. Muslim extremists “are trying to approach the young unaccompanied refugees, who arrive in our country without their families and are particularly looking for contact and support”.
Right wing politicians have reported about a lot of Muslims being allow in.
“We have no idea how to proceed using the summer gowns, tank miniskirts and tops”, a employee informed the Tagesspiegel.