{"id":3775,"date":"2015-12-06T17:29:15","date_gmt":"2015-12-06T16:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kerstinpur.de\/?p=3775"},"modified":"2025-02-04T10:20:22","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T09:20:22","slug":"refugees-in-berlin-a-horror-story-of-political-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kerstinhack.de\/en\/refugees-in-berlin-a-horror-story-of-political-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"Refugees in Berlin - a horror story of political failure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kerstinhack.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Kinder-in-Berlin-8.11..jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3760\" src=\"https:\/\/kerstinhack.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Kinder-in-Berlin-8.11.-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Children in Berlin 8.11.\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>To all my friends around the globe - we need your help!<\/p>\n<p>Here in Berlin we are desperate about our city government that does care for the refugees waiting at the central registration place LaGeSo in an appropriate way - letting them stand in the cold and rain for DAYS...see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/11\/27\/world\/europe\/germany-berlin-migrants-refugees.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">article in the New York times.<\/a><br \/>\n<iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"Migrants Arriving in Germany Face a Chaotic Reception in Berlin\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/svc\/oembed\/html\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2015%2F11%2F27%2Fworld%2Feurope%2Fgermany-berlin-migrants-refugees.html#?secret=i8tJ80Xve4\" data-secret=\"i8tJ80Xve4\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We have taken a lot of action - both to care for the refugees and get the politics - without any substantial change. As Berlin is a city depending on tourism it would be great if a lot of international people would help us increase the pressure on our government to act.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What you can do<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. write to our Major Mr Mueller - in your own words or use the text below. I think a few dozen or even hundreds of mails from around the globe will be noticed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Email:\u00a0<\/strong>Der-Regierende-Buergermeister@senatskanzlei.berlin.de<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dear Major Mueller,<\/p>\n<p>I read in the New York times about the treatment that refugees experience at the LaGeSo in Berlin. I think this is horrible!<br \/>\nBerlin is a wonderful place and I think it can do so much better than this.<br \/>\nPlease take immediate action and provide<br \/>\n-toilets, food and dry places for the refugees that wait<br \/>\n- improve the system<\/p>\n<p>With best wishes from....<\/p>\n<p>Yours,<br \/>\n________<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>2nd petition <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can also sign our petition - the more signatures we have the better<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/menschenunw\u00fcrdige-zust\u00e4nde-vor-dem-lageso-beenden<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. share this on to all of your friends!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, Instagram, press contacts, email!<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. pray<\/strong><br \/>\nSomehow this massive inability to improve the situation is so weird, that we think only divine intervention helps.... please pray for a breakthrough in inflexible bureaucracy (I now understand why the word bureau and CRAZY are combined here)<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. give<\/strong><br \/>\nIf you want to help us help the refugees with blankets, tea, food etc. you can use paypal: info@down-to-earth.de - Please write \"FOR REFUGEES\" in your donation.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To all my friends around the globe - we need your help! 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