EUROPE-MIGRANTS/GERMAN BORDER Migrants gather at Rostock ferry port heading to Sweden

Record ID: 139970

  • Title: EUROPE-MIGRANTS/GERMAN BORDER Migrants gather at Rostock ferry port heading to Sweden
  • Date: 11th September 2015
  • Summary: ROSTOCK, GERMANY (SEPTEMBER 11, 2015) (REUTERS) TENTS AT ROSTOCK PORT BENCHES AND TABLES INSIDE TENT FERRY TERMINAL BUILDING SIGN "ROSTOCK PORT" TERMINAL BUILDING REFUGEES WAITING INSIDE FERRY TERMINAL APPLES CHILDREN MAKING FUN IN FRONT OF CAMERA WATER BOTTLES VARIOUS OF REFUGEES INSIDE FERRY TERMINAL ENTRANCE TO FERRY TERMINAL
  • Embargoed: 26th September 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Germany
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA6VA9DZ57S9RLCWDB1MMZ7JM4Z
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Dozens of refugees gathered at a ferry terminal in Rostock on Friday (September 11) waiting for transport direct to Sweden where many have relatives.
    The port city in eastern Germany joined Kiel in become a destination for refugees after Denmark closed ferry services and a motorway link with Germany in an attempt to stem an inflow of thousands of asylum seekers earlier in the week.
    Sweden expects to receive about 80,000 refugees this year and has more asylum seekers per capita than any other European nation thanks to a generous immigration policy allowing automatic permanent residency for Syrians.
    Sweden's Migration Agency said 686 people had applied for asylum in Malmo since Sunday and more that 13,700 had arrived in the country in the past five weeks.
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