33 Refugees Drown While Germany's Asylum Seekers Face Attacks

Source: en.radiovaticana.va - Saturday, January 30, 2016
(Vatican Radio) Turkey's state-run media say at least 33 people, including five children, have drowned in the Aegean Sea after their Greece-bound boat capsized off the Turkish coast, while far away in Germany refugees struggled in the aftermath of far-right attacks against them. Coast guards reportedly rescued 75 others from the sea Saturday near the resort of Ayvacik en route to the Greek island of Lesbos. Listen to the report by correspondent Stefan Bos: They were the latest victims this month when officials say more than 200 people already drowned trying to cross by sea from Turkey to Greece. From there tens of thousands of migrants fleeing war and poverty have already tried to reach Western nations such as Germany this year through the notorious Balkans route despite a harsh winter. But a live hand grenade thrown at a migrant hostel in south-west Germany has underscored growing resentment towards refugees in the country. Officials said the grenade was found overnight near buildings housing 170 refugees in the German town of Villingen-Schwenningen. Its pin had been pulled out but the explosives failed to detonate. Germany's Justice Minister Heiko Maas called it a new level of "hate and violence" in the country. “The degree of violence against refugee homes is frightening, if now hand grenades are being thrown into buildings in the middle of Germany.” The minister added: “This has to be investigated, the perpetrators must be se

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