Abensberg

Syrian playmates lay along the street after arriving with their family. Chancellor Angela Merkel was criticized and praised over her management of the refugee crisis. Germany is taking in more migrants than any other EU state.

How one German town copes with its migrants

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The Bavarian town of Abensburg has welcomed many of the refugees who fled Syria for new lives in Germany. But the town is still adapting to all the new arrivals.

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