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Across Europe, gay migrants face abuse in asylum shelters

Monday, 22 February 2016, 15:49 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Alaa Ammar fled Syria to escape not just civil war but also the threat of persecution as a gay man. Yet when he arrived in The Netherlands last spring, he did not find the safe haven he...

Updated: Germany migrant shelter fire 'cheered by onlookers'

Sunday, 21 February 2016, 14:36 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

A fire which broke out at a building planned to house migrants in eastern Germany was greeted with cheers from some onlookers, police say. The fire in the town of Bautzen in the early hours of...

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