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Heart and Soul: Finding Shelter In Germany's Cities of Refuge

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Angel Merkel poses with refugees in Berlin. Millions of migrants have entered Germany, many taking sanctuary in Churches

12/01/2018 GMT

Finding Shelter In Germany's Cities of Refuge

BBC World Service - Heart and Soul, Finding Shelter In Germany's Cities of Refuge

Germany’s Christians are controversially giving refugees sanctuary in their churches.

Germany’s Christians are controversially giving refugees sanctuary in their churches but are being criticised by many in the country who want to send them home.

Germany has gained itself the role as Europe’s great provider of sanctuary for some of the millions of refugees that have fled from the most troubled parts of the world.

But Chancellor Angela Merkel has come under fierce criticism over the million plus people who’ve sought asylum over the past two years, leading to her having to fight over the past days to retain her seemingly invincible power.

Churches, both Protestant and Catholic are defying the state and public opinion by opening their doors to offer refuge to migrants even though the state wants to send them home.

Dale Gavlak meets Christians who tell her they don’t ask if someone believes in the Christian God, to them they are all children of one God.
  
But not all people of faith feel that churches should offer migrants a roof despite their often horrific stories. Taking a Christian stance on people in need, seems to be clashing with a fractious political mood in Germany.

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