Tue 2 Feb 2016 In: International News View at Wayback View at NDHA
Germany has opened a shelter for LGBTI refugees, as overcrowded accommodation becomes unsafe for many. Refugees wait in a crowded migrant registration centre in Passau, southern Germany. (Kerstin Joensson/Associated Press) The shelter, based in Nuremberg, in the south of the country, can host up to eight people and is awaiting it’s first occupants. Michael Glas, who runs Fliederlich, says after being contacted by 20 refugees who say they felt threatened in accommodation, the organisation felt it needed to address the problem by setting up this shelter. "Prejudices don't disappear when one crosses the borders,” he says. Four people from Iran, Iraq, Syria and Ethiopia have so far requested to be housed in the shelter. A larger shelter for LGBTI refugees, with 120 beds, is due to open in Berlin this month.
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First published: Tuesday, 2nd February 2016 - 10:01am