Daily Archives: November 1, 2015

Refugee Crisis

MetaFilter user the man of twists and turns has collected 79 (!) links to articles about the refugee crisis in his post ‘you’re ‘fugees now’ from lots of different sources in different countries.

I’ve only started reading them, and working through all the material will probably take days. Still – recommended!

Some articles are in German or are available online in both English and German:

Die Zeit:
Refugees: Welcome! And Now What? “How many refugees are coming, what they are doing with Europe – and what we are doing with them.
Von Jochen Bittner, Andrea Böhm, Marc Brost, Peter Dausend, Bastian Hosan, Martin Klingst, Matthias Krupa, Jörg Lau, Elisabeth Niejahr, Gero von Randow, Mark Schieritz, Özlem Topçu, Bernd Ulrich und Heinrich Wefing.

Flüchtlinge: Willkommen! Und jetzt? “Wie viele Flüchtlinge auf dem Weg sind, was sie mit Europa machen – und wir mit ihnen.” Von Jochen Bittner, Andrea Böhm, Marc Brost, Peter Dausend, Bastian Hosan, Martin Klingst, Matthias Krupa, Jörg Lau, Elisabeth Niejahr, Gero von Randow, Mark Schieritz, Özlem Topçu, Bernd Ulrich und Heinrich Wefing.

Vision: Our Values, Our Life. “What hopes do young refugees bring with them and what expectations do they have of the German people? Here are six responses.” Von Anant Agarwala, Rudi Novotny, Jeannette Otto und Leonie Seifert.

Flüchtlinge: Was sind eure Werte? “Welche Vorstellungen junge Flüchtlinge nach Deutschland mitbringen. Sechs [Antworten]”. Von Anant Agarwala, Rudi Novotny, Jeannette Otto und Leonie Seifert.

Boston Globe:
The Big Picture: Perilous Crossings.

” “They just keep coming,“ I thought as I stood on the northern shore of Lesbos in Greece. Raft after raft landed up and down the coast of this enchanted island. It was surreal. This set the tone for the next two weeks, following the route of refugees and migrants looking for a better life. I was moved to tears watching a young boy gather as much bread as he could carry at an aid station, and I was truly inspired by the men who dived into the sea when their engine quit, pushing and pulling their raft to the rocky shoreline near Skala Sykamnias. At times they walked for miles in unbearable heat, not necessarily knowing where they were but knowing it was better than the world they fled.–By Boston Globe photographer Craig F. Walker”.