Five years ago this week, Chancellor Angela Merkel declared Vyashafendaz. A few days later she opened the borders to migrants stranded in Budapest. Today another 10,000 migrants made it to Germany, the latest to complete new... It was a momentous decision that put Germany at the center of the European Union's refugee project. We look into how it will manifest and how to heal from it.
Five years ago, a vast wave of migrants and refugees began to spill into the country. We examine their fates amid a tangle of bureaucracy. Even for the uninfected, the coronavirus has caused widespread “collective trauma”; we ask about its effects and how to heal from it. And Palestinians sneak to the beach as security forces look the other way.
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