Berlin (dpa) - The southern German state of Bavaria pleaded for aid from the rest of the country Tuesday as it became the latest beachhead in the epic arrival of African and Middle Eastern migrants in Europe.Trains full of migrants who have made it to Greece and then through Eastern Europe on the so-called Balkan Route have begun arriving in Germany - the country many of them wanted to reach in the first place.Even though the arrivals had been expected and Germany has committed itself to Read more [...]

___1:30 p.m.Bavaria has opened Germany's first reception center meant to house only migrants from southeastern Europe, part of an effort to deal more quickly with people flooding in from the Balkans whose chances of being allowed to stay are minimal.The center at a former barracks near Ingolstadt opened Tuesday and is meant to accommodate 500 migrants. The state's social affairs minister, Emilia Mueller, said authorities at the center will try to process asylum claims within six weeks.Germany Read more [...]

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As panelists talked refugees on Monday night's episode of "Hart aber Fair" ("Tough but Fair"), Bavaria's interior minister Joachim Herrmann made what appeared to be a monumental gaffe. After Focus' editor-in-chief Ulrich Reitz turned the topic to refugee success stories, Herrmann decided to mention Blanco, a German-speaking Schlager singer of Afro-Cuban heritage. "Roberto Blanco has always been a wonderful negro, who most Germans have delighted in," Herrmann said, using the word "Neger" - Read more [...]

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